President Bharrat said his Government spends a lot of money in the City with respect to roads, cleaning parapets, paying to collect garbage, digging canals, cleaning outfalls and installing new pumps.
He pointed out that the Mayor and city council needs to respond equally and what happens in the City is a reflection of what is taking place in the country and said he is very pleased in some parts of the City: booming construction.
Unfortunately, he said, it is not matched by a vision at City Hall to meet this current growth, and noted that it seems as though all that happens in City Hall is squabbling.
President Jagdeo claimed that Government is spending over US$10M in building a modern waste management facility, even though it is an obligation of the council, because it recognised that the entity “simply won’t do it.”
The modern waste management facility is constructed with geo-synthetic fabric at the bottom so that appropriate leaching can occur. Additionally, it will have to be managed properly so it does not become as atrocious as the current dump site, President Jagdeo noted.
He also mention if the scheduled 2010 local government election does not run off, residents in the city will have to bear up with the visionless council and his Government will have to continue to help.
For the past month the capital city was taken over with garbage since the council owes the private garbage collector in excess of $70M dollars and they down tools.
It was reported by the local Government Minister Kellawan Lall that the Council pays $75M in wages and salaries per month and no evidence of work being done in the City
