MUNICIPALITIES and Neighbourhood Democratic Councils (NDCs) countrywide have already received the first tranche of their annual allocation for their subvention programmes.

This is according to Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development, Mr. Collin Croal, at a media briefing last Friday at the LGRD Ministry boardroom at Kingston, Georgetown.

Croal posited that a large sum of the ministry’s annual subvention has been allocated to the ‘Cleanup my Country’ programme, while another phase of the subvention has been allotted to local authorities, NDCs and municipalities.

Croal pointed out that a first tranche of $2M is given to NDCs in every region.

He reported that the Corriverton Town Council in Region Six (East Berbice/Corentyne) has received its portion of the subvention, and that he was informed that the tender process for its programmes is expected to be completed on September 16, after which there will be immediate implementation of projects.

He added that advertisements for the Rose Hall Town and the New Amsterdam municipalities will close on September 16, after which the official work can commence for those programmes.

Anna Regina in Region Two (Pomeroon/Supenaam), has already begun its procurement process, the Permanent Secretary said.

He outlined that Georgetown has not submitted a subvention programme this year; but Linden (Region Ten: Upper Demerara/Upper Berbice) is ahead of its programme and has started implementation. This municipality will soon be looking for its second and final tranche of the allocation.

(By Savitri Laikram)