President David Granger yesterday charged the Mayor and Town Councils across the country to follow the lead of the town of Bartica in its pursuit of initiatives, which not only promote the ‘green’ agenda, but also add to the aesthetics as he commissioned a boardwalk at the Golden Beach.
The area, which is lighted by solar power and has a number of seating areas drew the usual large crowd for the annual Bartica Easter Regatta, where President Granger said that the facilities should be replicated across Guyana, a release from the Ministry of the Presidency said.
“Bartica is dear to my heart. You are now a Town, something that should have happened more than 100 years ago but it is now irreversible and unchangeable and you can look around and see the changes that the Town Council has made in two brief years. Mayor [Gifford] Marshall and his Deputy set out to establish a clean, ‘green’ and safe town and they are well on their way to achieving that objective. This is a model and I wish that every other Town should emulate this example. Most of them are waterfronts and this is a joy to see. Bartica is a model and I am vindicated in making Bartica a Town and giving Bartica the name, ‘a clean, ‘green’ town’,” he said.
