Agri project coordinator dies in Lethem trail crash

Project Coordinator for the Rural Enterprise and Agricultural Development Project at the Ministry of Agriculture, Vimala Balgobin died yesterday afternoon along the Linden-Lethem trail following an accident.

Vimala Balgobin
Vimala Balgobin

Stabroek News understands that Balgobin, who is also a member of the Guyana Marketing Corporation’s Board of Directors, was conducting training on women’s empowerment in remote locations.

Balgobin and her husband were in the vehicle when it crashed along a bridge. Her husband was medivaced to the Georgetown Public Hospital late last evening.