By Calvin Roberts
President of the Essequibo Cricket Board (ECB) Alvin Johnson had earlier told this reporter that he was looking to revamp cricket in the Cinderella County and in order to do so, certain facilities needed to be in place.
At a simple ceremony held in the boardroom of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) on Monday, Johnson witnessed the signing of an agreement between the GCB and contractor Dharam Rajah for the building of a 14-room hostel by the latter under the Stanford Project funds allocated to Guyana following the historic 2006 triumph.
The two-storey building will be 70’ x 35’ and is being constructed at a cost of $30M.
It will be erected on the northern side of the Anna Regina Community centre ground and will comprise two concrete pitches and two practice pitches with overhead roofing.
Work is scheduled to commence on Monday with the contractor facing a liability clause if he is unable to hand over the building within the five months he stipulated.
President of the GCB, Chetram Singh, who was also present at the signing of the contract, revealed that the penalties for the deadline if not met are inked in the contract and the GCB has assigned Marcel Gaskin technical director to oversee the execution of the project.
