President Irfaan Ali said that his Government will work along with the villages in the South Pakaraimas to launch a special agriculture project led by young people and women.
The Office of the Presi-dent said that the Head of State made the announcement while delivering remarks at a community meeting yesterday for the villages of the South Pakaraimas at Karasabai which was attended by over a thousand residents.
The President said that the project will be done in consultation with the villagers.
He also noted issues affecting the communities such as healthcare, infrastructure and water among other areas.
In regards to Tiger Pond, specifically, the President said that the Government will provide water tanks to every household. He also said that the Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Nigel Dharamlall will engage with Digicel to have a firm commitment on how they will improve their communications services in Karasabai.
“We cannot build this future unless we give you the tools. Here, we know we’ve done a lot on the road from Santa Fe coming into [Karasabai], but we also know the challenges of climate change and we know that we need to raise this road a little higher and improve it”, he said.
He added that he has instructed Dharamlall to look at the options for raising and upgrading the road in a phased manner.
Dharamlall; Regional Chairman, Brian Allicock; National Security Advisor, Captain Gerry Gouveia; Commissioner of Police (ag), Clifton Hicken; CEO of G-Invest, Dr Peter Ramsaroop and other Government officials were also at the meeting.
