Special purpose unit for to operate transp
The Solid Waste Department of the Georgetown municipality is aiming to streamline garbage collection in large communities in a bid to conserve its resources.
Director of Solid Waste Walter Narine told Stabroek News last week that since the city took charge of garbage collection, it has been collecting in different sections of large communities, such as Kitty, Campbellville, and North and South Cummingsburg, on multiple days. He said that the department is now in the process of mapping out a way in which they can collect garbage from an entire area on one scheduled day.
“Yesterday, we tried it in North and South Cummingsburg and we were able to collect garbage from that area, which is a big one, in a morning,” he pointed State Minister Joseph Harmon has said that the special purpose unit set up to spearhead the divestment and privatisation of certain GuySuCo assets will build on the preliminary work undertaken by consultant Wesley Kirton to identify potential investors, and conduct its operations transparently.
“This is going to be a very open and transparent process,” Harmon told Stabroek News last week.
He had announced then that Calvis London is the head of the unit. “You will be able to speak to the head of the unit. I have asked him to ensure that he keeps regular press briefings so that you have access to him and what he is doing and he has committed to that,” he added.
Minister of Finance Winston Jordan had out while explaining ly collected garbage Wednesday and Thu
“With this new s to make more resour also better for the having to have the tr every day,” he said, similar plan was be the other areas. He would engage reside plan is rolled out.
In addition, Nar that the city’s collec schedule. He said i service significantly no longer depend on guidance as they did
Stabroek News w was not being picke some sections of Ca explained to the National Assembly in early July that the unit’s principal function in its early stages would be leading the privatisation process for the Skeldon Estate factory. However, its functions will eventually go beyond GuySuCo and its budget next year will be far larger than $130 million already approved by the National Assembly for it, he had said.
Harmon informed that with the establishment of the unit, Kirton’s role is no longer needed. This is because all negotiations and plans will be dealt with by the unit.
Kirton was authorised by government last year “to engage in discussions on its behalf with interested companies/parties regarding their possible interest in acquiring the Guyana Sugar Corporation in whole or in part, to facilitate the arrangement for negotiations between the govnerment and interested companies/ parties….”
But Harmon said that persons that had discussions with Kirton and those who