Mahdia Power and Light meeting expectations, says Persaud

Minister of Local Government Minister Ganga Persaud lauded operations at the Mahdia Power and Light (MPL) plant and ordered that the board be properly constituted, at a meeting on Saturday during a visit to the Region Eight community.

Persaud and a team comprising Permanent Secretary Collin Croal and the Regional Executive Officer Ronald Harsawack held a walkabout the community to monitor its progress since the power plant had been put into operations five months ago.

In his address to the five-member board, comprising three Regional Democratic Council members and two businessmen, Persaud said that the power company was commissioned with