Some Region 4 NDCs to get compactor trucks

NEIGHBOURHOOD Democratic Councils (NDCs) in Region 4 (Demerara/Mahaica), whose geographic locations were recent beneficiaries of rubbish bins provided by the Georgetown Solid Waste Management Project (GSWMP), will get further assistance from it in the form of four compactor trucks, valued at a total of $126M, specially designed for the transportation of solid waste.Two of these trucks, a large and a small, will provide transport services for NDCs between Cane Grove, East Coast Demerara and Georgetown, and two more, also of the same description, will serve NDCs between Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara and Georgetown.
Head of the GSWMP, Mr. Gordon Gilkes, disclosed recently that the two large trucks, called ‘Rear End Loaders’, have been acquired at a cost of $46M each and are already in the country.
The two smaller vehicles of a similar type and valued at approximately $18M each have been purchased and are expected in the country soon, he said.
The trucks are to be deployed early next year and the issue of cost recovery for these operations is currently being mulled, Gilkes said.

BEING MANAGED
The GSWMP is being managed by the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development with funds secured from an Inter-American Development (IDB) loan to the Government of Guyana.
The Haags Bosch Landfill at Eccles, East Bank Demerara, is another component of the GSWMP.
So, too, is the rehabilitation, expansion and closure of the Le Repentir landfill, a work still in progress, Gilkes said.
Some 450 rubbish bins have been deployed within the NDCs in Region 4 as part of the project.

(By Clifford Stanley)