Tukeit to get guest house, warden building

Executive Director of the EPA, Dr. Indarjit Ramdass (second from the right), hands over the construction contract to Mohamed Yusuf, Yusuf General Contracting. Also present from left are Ben ter Welle, Team Leader, GFA Consulting Group, Deoraj Dalchand, Managing Director, IECS, and Juliana Persaud, SEO (ag.), Protected Areas Unit, EPA.

A new Guest House and Warden Building estimated to cost $27 million, are to be built at Tukeit, within the Kaieteur National Park, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

A statement from the EPA yesterday said that contracts for the construction and supervision of works were signed on November 9, 2012, between the EPA, and Yusuf General Contracting and Innovative Engineering