Panko Steel Fabrication and Construction, the company that was constructing the second phase of the Parika Market Complex when it was destroyed by fire more than a month ago, has committed to rebuilding the entire market complex, while a road has since been rehabilitated to assist in temporary vending by displaced vendors.
Regional Chairman of Region Three, Inshan Ayube, yesterday spoke with Stabroek News and said that the company promised ministers and vendors to rebuild the entire market within a three-month timeframe. Works have since started on the foundation of the market. It remains unclear if the project was retendered. Calls by the newspaper to Minister Nigel Dharamlall’s phone and a number purported to belonging to an “Andy”, said to be the contractor for the company, went unanswered.