PM leads gov’t outreach at Melanie Damishana
-improvement works to begin Wednesday
Prime Minister Mark Phillips on Saturday led a high-level government outreach at Melanie Damishana, East Coast Demerara at the Melanie Community Centre Ground. This is in keeping with a commitment to meet with residents across the country to address their concerns, a release from his office has said.
A similar activity was recently held in Buxton.
He was accompanied by Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Mohabir Anil Nandlall, SC; Minister of
Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha; Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill; Minister of Housing and Water, Collin Croal; Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony; Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Nigel Dharamlall; Minister within the Office of the Prime Minister with Responsibility for Public Affairs, Kwame McCoy; and Minister of Public Service, Sonia Parag.
Meanwhile, the Department of Public
Information (DPI) said that residents of Melanie Damishana can expect to benefit from a host of community improvement projects from Wednesday, August 3, 2022.
The projects are being executed through the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development, DPI said.
Minister of Local Government Nigel Dharamlall also said the issues of garbage disposal and clean-up services will be addressed on the ground. “We can put some people in place, put some resources and get Melanie cleaned up by the end of next weekend. We are going to bring the original people; we will bring in some of the engineers. A team of us will get back here on Wednesday afternoon, we’ll do a walkabout, try to resolve as many issues as we could on the ground,” the minister noted.