Five heavy-duty tractors, costing a total of $98 million, were yesterday commissioned at the Rose Hall Estate by Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha, who said they represented a “new beginning” for the factory, which was shuttered by the former administration.
The tractors, which are expected to be operational before the end of July following a series of training programmes, will be used in the fields for land preparation as the factory prepares to resume operation. Over 600 persons have since been reemployed at the estate, which Mustapha said was a “real achievement.”
“These tractors will help to bring back the cultivation of Rose Hall Estate once again into proper being,” he said.
