St. Monica, Karawab still needs boat service

REGION 2 (Pomeroon/Supenaam) Chairman, Mr. Parmanand Persaud has reminded Councillor, Mr. Wazir Latiff that it was the Opposition parties that voted together to cut the National Budget last year and deny Amerindian residents of St. Monica and Karawab, in Upper Pomeroon River, of a needed boat service to transport their produce to Charity Market.Persaud was replying to a call from A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Councillor for a boat service for the two villages.
He said the St. Monica/Karawab communities had applied for the Presidential Grant in 2013 to establish the service between Charity and their villages, so as to transport produce from their farms to market on the coast quickly.
But the concession was denied by the opposition APNU and Alliance For Change (AFC) whose vote cut the National Budget and inflicted the hardship on the Amerindian residents.
The APNU Councillor said he had visited the areas and is very pleased with the Ministry of Agriculture and Region 2 Administration agricultural development project in the Amerindian communities.
Latiff said he has seen some 160 acres being developed for agriculture and commended the Government for its effort to develop and open up the virgin farmlands in the interior, so as to help residents with farming.
However, he maintained that the boat service is important and pleaded with the RDC to provide it for farmers.

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