Amaila is not dead, says Ramotar

President Donald Ramotar speaking to the gathering. At left is Minister of Natural Resources, Robert Persaud and to the president’s immediate right is Chairman of Region Five, Bindrabhan Bisnauth

President Donald Ramotar yesterday asserted that the Amaila Falls Hydro Project would move ahead and he reiterated that the government would look at other partners to make the project possible following the withdrawal of developer Sithe Global.

“It appears as though Sithe Global has walked. Maybe that deal is dead but Amaila is not dead. We have to look again at other partners…,” Ramotar said in answer to a question from a resident during an outreach at the Cotton Tree Primary School, West Coast Berbice.

He pointed out that the hydro power bill – which deals with the reserve area around the falls – has been passed in the