REGION 3 HAS SHOWN MASSIVE PROGRESS IN 2016

Jan 04, 2017 Letters

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Dear Editor,
Let me take this opportunity to first extend Happy New Year’s greetings to you and your entire staff and by extension the entire country we all love, Guyana. It is indeed a happy new year for us all in Region 3 because of the extensive work and 100% completion of work in our beloved region for the year 2016. Last year will indeed go down in history as the year when for the first time Region 3 would have seen massive infrastructural improvement. Permit me therefore a space in your newspaper to publicly notify all and sundry of the work I speak of and understandably I will only document some. For space must also be considered for other writers.
To begin with, for many years accessibility to the only Amerindian settlement in our region (Santa Mission) and several other communities including La Harmony were possible through private transportation which were very costly on our treasury and limited the number of visits by regional and state officials. Today we can comfortably boast the availability of two boats and engine belonging to the region/state that were purchased for easy transportation to and from the areas mentioned above.
Secondly, reinforced concrete controlled structures were constructed at Meten- Meer-Zorg and Sister’s Village added with the construction of a culvert in Groenveldt; rehabilitation of revetment and sluice doors at Bagotville; Leguan. As it relates to bridges, heavy duty bridges were constructed at Side Line Dam, Vergenoegen, Belle Vue Housing Scheme and Canal # 1. Also, major bridge rehabilitation was done at Patentia Housing Scheme.
Editor, turning my attention to road projects in the region; the administration would have rehabilitated roads in Patentia Housing Scheme, Bank Hall to Caledonia – Wakenaam, Goed Fortune, 1st Street South East and Bangladesh housing scheme in Stewartville, Cameron Dam -Canal # 1, Noitedacht to Maria Johanna – Wakenaam and De Kinderen Old Road West Coast Demerara.
In other development, the administration would have constructed a wharf and a gateway at Makouria, Essequibo River. Under education, in the area of building projects for 2016 the following were completed; the construction of Philadelphia Primary School in Vergenoegen EBE, extension and rehabilitation of Patentia Nursery School, extension of Belle West and Zeelugt Primary Schools; enclosure to bottom flat of Essequibo Islands Secondary School in Wakanaam catering for the Science and Home Economics Departments, Rehabilitation works to Canal # 1 Nursery School and construction of pathway for Anna Catherina Nursery School, construction of Aliki Primary School in the Essequibo River, construction of sanitary block at Cornelia Ida and Sans Suci Primary Schools and the construction of a fence walkway and land filling of Philadephia Primary School in Vergenoegen EBE.
In addition, under the Furniture and Health Equipment project activities for 2016, the region purchased the following and distributed them to the relevant health care facility in the area: Cardiac Monitor, portable Nebulizer, steam Boiler, Riso Graph, Medilite Centrifuges, Living Room Suite, Chemical Analyzers, Beds Wooden, examination beds, Delivery Beds – Patients, Industrial Gas Stoves, Brush Cutters, Infant Warmers and Air Conditioning Units.
Finally, under the health building projects for 2016, the region sought to complete the following: construction of doctors lounge at WDRH; rehabilitation of two surgical theatres; construction for the first time a HDU (High Dependency Unit) at WDRH; rehabilitation of Nurses Hostel at WDRH; extension of the drug bond and dispensary at Leonora Cottage Hospital; construction of concrete trestle at Tuschen Health Centre and WDRH; construction of waiting area at St. Lawrence Health post, EBE; construction of building to accommodate porters and ambulance drivers at Leonora Diagnostic Centre and Rehabilitation and completion of X – Ray department at Leguan Cottage Hospital.
Finally, under the Land & Water Transport activities for 2016, the region purchased one ambulance and a 4×4 single cab pick–up. Editor, words cannot express how pleased I am with this Regional Administration and you would have recognized that I did not make mention of the many roads that were graded, the many drains that were cleared and the many playfields that were rehabilitated. Nor did I mention the staff motivated activities and general upliftment of all staff within the administration. In closing, may the peace and blessings of 2017 be upon all of us and may the Regional Administration headed by Mr. Denis Jaikaran continue to serve the people of Region 3 with distinction. There is indeed still a lot to be done and it will be done. Just remember the administration is working with a limited budget and just less than 2 years the region had accomplished so must. The best is yet to come. Once again, Happy New Year.
Ganesh Mahipaul

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