Regional Democratic Councillor (RDC), Mohammed Naeem Gafoor speaking with the Government Information Agency (GINA), says that road works in the community are progressing rapidly.
Gafoor told GINA that travelling to Mahdia, the main hub in Region Eight will become easier when the main access road is completed. The structure will link the Linden/Lethem Road; Bartica, Region Seven and Monkey Mountain, Region Eight. It will also open up opportunities for Region Eight residents to transport their produce to the market in Lethem in Region Nine.
“I can’t precisely tell you, but sometime in 2018, we are supposed to cover the whole of Mahdia with good roads, drains and water but you know development can never (be) complete, as life goes on you have to work more and more, nothing can complete once you have more people, the population is rising,” Gafoor told GINA. There is also a decrease in crime as ‘good policing’ is happening, Gafoor, a councillor for the governing APNU+AFC coalition said.
“It will take some time to get everything to first class, but we are working towards it. Thanks to the relevant authority and the Ministers of Infrastructure, Natural Resources and Communities among others that have been helping the community develop,” Gafoor said.
He noted that the gold is the main source of income in the community and Mahdia depends heavily on the industry, but there is a difficulty in locating the precious mineral. Meanwhile, Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson while defending his ministry’s budgetary estimates recently, said that the “House will be very pleased to see the works and the length of works that have been completed on the Mahdia roads.” Patterson added that, “The reason why Region Eight’s allocation has been down is because I’m doing all the roads in Mahdia right now, internal roads with concrete bridges…”
