Circuitville to get power as soon as community regularised - Indar

The community of Circuitville along the Soesdyke/Linden Highway, is set to soon benefit from electricity for the first time.

Minister within the Ministry of Public Works, Deodat Indar, MP, made the commitment yesterday, when he joined villagers in their annual heritage month celebration at the community’s ground, the Department of Public Information (DPI) said.

Indar noted that the community, which is managed by a Community Development Council (CDC), has been lobbying for electricity over the years. However, he said that the village could not be connected to the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) system, since it has not yet been regularised.

“Persons do not have a legal document for the land they occupy and so GPL normally requires that so that they can put in the infrastructure…so the first thing we have to do is engage the Ministry of Housing and get them to regularise the area. Once the area is regularised then we can come and set that up,” Indar said, according to DPI.

He said the community could benefit from the government’s electrification project, which will see around 30,000 households benefitting from 165 watts of solar power systems.

“We just have to sign the agreement and start the procurement of those homes systems…once that is in the country I will surely come back here and distribute those,” Indar told the residents.

DPI said that Indar has committed to assist the community with upgrading their community ground. The community has an active sports club which comprises male and female football teams.