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High Court orders ‘Fip’ to collect non-functioning equipment
The High Court has ordered the Public Works Ministry to return a number of vehicles to Synergy Holdings Inc (Makeshwar ‘Fip’ Motilall). The vehicles were seized earlier this year when Government terminated its multi-million-dollar Amaila Falls road project with Synergy Holdings.
Makeshwar ‘Fip’ Motilall
Government on January 12, last, announced the cancellation of the US$15.4M road contract it signed with Synergy Holdings Inc, headed by Motilall. The termination came when Motilall failed to secure a Performance Bond.
According to an official at the Ministry, engineers are currently reviewing a long list of vehicles- operational and non-operational- which were seized by Government. Many of the pieces of equipment are non-operational and it is said those are the equipment that the Court has ordered to be returned to Motilall.
The Works Ministry said that it does not mind returning the non-functioning pieces of equipment because it was proving to be costly to be providing security of them.
The official related that several pieces of equipment are being used to carry out works on the Amaila Falls road. The non-operational pieces are also in the interior. Government had alleged that Motilall had sabotaged the equipment following the termination of this contract.
Senior personnel attached to Synergy Holdings had described the equipment as ‘junk’.
Motilall had conceded to using some of the US$1.5M to purchase equipment and to ship them to Guyana.
The equipment purchased are said to value the same amount as the shipping costs.
The alleged faulty equipment was blamed by the overseas personnel for several accumulative months of delays as almost each day some of the equipment had broken down.
Earlier this year when Motilall went to remove the seized equipment from the area he was stopped by security personnel.
The official said that the matter between Motilall and Government is still ongoing. The return of the pieces of equipment is one aspect of the court matter.
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