A revamp for the Monument Gardens

By Oluatoyin Alleyne

The A $2M facelift for the Monument Gardens at Camp and Church Street is how the Indian Commemoration Trust (ICT) is marking 175 years since Indian Arrival in British Guiana.  The renovations include a stage set in classical Indian-Guyanese architecture and a replica of the Calcutta Memorial Monument.

The monument representing the SS Whitby the first ship carrying Indians to this country that docked at Plantation Highbury on the east bank of the Berbice River on May 5, 1838, will however remain in