Agri Ministry diverts funds to redo Parika/Naamryck road

The state of a section of the Parika/Naamryck road yesterday.

The Ministry of Agriculture has diverted funds and will commence rehabilitating the Parika/Naamryck road following complaints about its poor state.

The $89 million contract was awarded to Ramotar Engineering and the company is already stockpiling materials at the site. The project falls under the Ministry of Agriculture rather than the Ministry of Public Works, Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud explained yesterday during a site visit. He said that about a week ago,