THE Regional Democratic Council (RDC), the Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA)

and the Office of the Prime Minister, Region Six, have been busy cleaning and sprucing up the Number 63 Beach for its biggest day of the year — Easter.

An estimated 15,000 people are expected to visit the beach this Easter Monday and the team has announced the opening of two new entrances to the site.

These are at Number 61 Village and the other at Number 62, to ease the build-up of traffic at the main entrance.

Tourism Director Indranauth Haralsingh during a recent visit to Berbice told reporters that the entrances will be levelled, cleaned and cleared to accommodate the expected influx of vehicles.

In addition, he noted that traffic ranks will be posted at each entrance
to direct vehicles towards the beach.

Other works at the beach include levelling, cleaning and removal of
dead sand from the banks to allow for better parking facilities in the event the water rises early.

Rehabilitation works have also been done to the bleachers, gazebos,
changing and washroom facilities and the removal of the huge pile of garbage on the beach.

“Put your trash in the bag, so that it can be collected and disposed
of properly… we should not litter, we should do the decent thing and
get rid of it properly,” he said.

The cleaning and clearing up saw the employment of some 30 persons from neighbouring communities.

The GTA will be distributing garbage bags to persons visiting the beach on Easter Monday and will be awarding patrons with the smallest, largest and most unusual kites.

Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo’s Region Six representative, Gobin Harbajan,
said entry to the beach is absolutely free.

Aside from Easter, some 700-1000 persons visit the beach every weekend and Harbajan said the Office of the Prime Minister and its partners would like to keep the area clean throughout the year.

He also is appealing to visitors not to recklessly dispose of their refuse on the beach.