$252M contract signed for construction of sanitary landfill facility in Reg 2

Residents of Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) will soon see improved refuse disposal, as the Local Government and Regional Development Ministry on Friday inked a $252 million contract with Puran Brothers Disposal Inc. for the construction of a sanitary landfill at Zorg-En-Vlygt on the Essequibo Coast.
Permanent Secretary of the Local Government and Regional Development Ministry, Prema Roopnarine, and Managing Director of Puran Brothers Disposal Inc., Lakenauth Puran, have inked the contract in the presence of Local Government and Regional Development Minister Nigel Dharamlall. Construction will commence within two weeks, and will be completed within five months.
Residents are expected to be gainfully employed during the execution of the project. Minister Dharamlall has said this is part of Government’s efforts to enhance the management of waste on a countrywide scale.
“This has been one of the sore issues for a long time: garbage collection and disposal; and so this is another of the many investments that we’re making in this sector in Region Two.

We had smaller facilities that we call dumpsites, and with the signing of the contract, hopefully, in the next few months, we’d be able to get a facility where we can properly dispose of garbage and overall solid waste in Region Two,” the Minister noted.
The contracting company has been urged to complete the project within the stipulated timeframe. “Over the next five months, we are going to see elevated services provided for solid waste management in Region Two,” the Local Government Minister stated.
The $252 million facility will complement the many infrastructural works ongoing in the region. Investments of this nature would also be made in Region Six (East Berbice–Corentyne).
“We have started projects in some of the larger NDC areas to also build many sanitary areas and landfill facilities, and it is the intention of the Government to intensify the construction of sanitary landfills, so that we’re better able to manage refuse across our country,” Minister Dharamlall has disclosed.
Guyanese are urged to engage in the 3Rs concept: recycle, reuse and reduce, to contribute to Government’s efforts to keep communities and the country clean.