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Provision of transportation greatly aids development in Amerindian villages – Minister

Jan 04, 2013 News

 

With the advent of vehicles entering Amerindian communities, ‘smoke signals’ will be a thing of the past. This is according to the Minister of Amerindian Affairs, Pauline Sukhai.
At a press briefing yesterday held at the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs Headquarters at Quamina and Thomas Streets, Cummingsburg, the Minister stated that, “There is no longer the need to run by foot to take messages as was in the past or as my friend Yvonne (Former NTC Chairperson Yvonne Pearson) would say, throw up the smoke signals. Today the movement and the plethora of vehicles in the hinterland is also supporting communication.”
She explained that the provision of transportation has greatly aided students, especially for health and emergency issues, along with goods and services being delivered to communities.
This, she noted, also speaks well for the improvement in the roads networks, since prior to 2005, certain categories of vehicles could not be used in many interior locations.
Thus, this closes the gap for places without telecommunication and movement by vehicles which are a major form of communicating, with respect to getting to one place or another.
Noting the challenges of transportation in interior locations, the Minister said, “We have been able to procure tractors to boost agriculture and forestry in indigenous communities. We have been able to procure a number of pick-ups, ATVs, minibuses; these vehicles are mainly used as transportation services for health, education and other services.”
Adding that the Budget last year provided the Ministry with $213M to assist and intervene with capital and infrastructure development, the Minister said that for last year, eight tractors and trailers, two minibuses, five All Terrain Vehicles (ATVs)   and 16 chainsaws were purchased.
These vehicles were used to assist residents and students in the mountainous trails.
Under the Amerindian Development Fund in 2012, she said there were investments in cultural and eco tourism projects. Support was provided to 19 villages under the eco-tourism project.

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