Ministry making contingency plans for Haags Bosch landfill

Waste pickers sorting through garbage dumped at Haags Bosch (Stabroek News file photo)

With ongoing litigation and no 2015 budget allotment, government is making provisional arrangements should the Ministry of Public Infrastructure have to assume responsibility for the Haags Bosch landfill on the East Bank Demerara.

Stabroek News was made to understand that while acting Chief Justice Ian Chang is yet pronounce on whether the government can enter the site which is currently under the management of BK Inter-national, significant pro-gress has been made on how funding will be provided and where the equipment necessary to do the work will come from.

According to one source, the issue is very serious because there is no equipment readily available