City sanitation programme complete

Georgetown Sewerage Ring Main

The Georgetown Sanita-tion Improvement Pro-gramme (GSIP), which saw several streets across Georgetown dug up and disrupted over the past few months, has been completed.

Restorative road work is expected to be completed over the next three months, Ministry of Housing and Water Permanent Secretary Emil McGarrell said at a public seminar hosted by the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) at the Regency Suites yesterday. The GSIP was funded by the IDB to the tune of US$10 million.

McGarrell urged businesses to utilise their corporate and social responsibility programmes to assist in the improvement of sanitation in Guyana. He went on to say that private contractors attached to the project are now capable of effecting repairs to the disrupted roadways, which were excavated to facilitate the substantial civil works. McGarrell said GWI is collaborating with the