With Bartica set to be declared a town on April 23, community leaders say a range of activities are planned and the community aims to become a model for the country.
“As a born Bartician I am very proud to be able to represent my community, the new town of Bartica. Some of the works that we have already started in Bartica is majorly the cleaning up (of) the streets, the drains and the roadways and we intend to intensify the cleanup campaign,” Deputy Mayor Kamal Persaud said yesterday. During an engagement with reporters at the boardroom of the Ministry of Communities, Persaud explained that they have started to create green spaces and are renovating and creating play-parks around Bartica. “We have been able to look at a number of projects and we are already delivering results,” she asserted.
Prior to April 23, the community will also host several events. On April 21, a social to celebrate the senior citizens of Bartica who have contributed tremendously in moulding the generation and community, will be held. “For that day, they will be taken to
