East Ruimveldt to benefit from several Govt initiatives in coming weeks

Residents of East Ruimveldt, Georgetown, are set to benefit from several interventions from Central Government aimed at improving their quality of life.
During a recent outreach to the community, Ministers of Local Government Nigel Dharamlall; Public Works, Juan Edghill, and Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha, visited East Ruimveldt, Georgetown, and spoke about the plans that are in the pipeline for the community.

The visit comes on the heels of an initial meeting the residents had with Minister Dharamlall where several concerns were raised. At the follow-up visit, Minister Dharamlall revealed that several residents will be employed as community enhancement workers.
“From my standpoint, we will be investing close to a million dollars per month to those Community Enhancement Workers, and I will have appointed some team leaders as well, who will help to coordinate within East Ruimveldt. But it will not just be limited to the ward, but the entire East Ruimveldt because the entire ward needs to be cleaned,” he said.
On the other hand, Minister Mustapha also assured residents that his Ministry will also employ several persons to clear drains in the community.
“I heard the Ministry of Local Government said that they would employ some people to do some enhancement work in the community and so we will also, from our level at the Ministry, employ some people to do the drainage works in the community.”
He said a technical team from the Ministry will return to the community to identify the number of drains to be cleaned, and the number of persons needed for the project.
Minister Mustapha also pledged to assist residents with kitchen gardens, citing the importance of the country’s agriculture sector.
For his part, Minister Edghill said his Ministry will partner with the Agriculture Ministry to execute the drainage project, as there are 18,350 metres of drains that need to be cleaned. Edghill also urged residents to take responsibility for their community.
“Development is a partnership; it is not just what the Government is doing. Development is a partnership. Government has responsibilities and people also have responsibilities,” he said.
As the Government continues to develop communities across the country, some $1.1 billion had been set aside in the 2021 National Budget for the CEW programme, for the preservation and enhancement of communities.
CEWs fall under the Community Infrastructure Improvement Project (CIIP) which started in 2014, and was modified in 2015, to decentralise resources to the Local Democratic Organs (LDOs).