Contract for Parika Market rehab to be reviewed in wake of fire – Dharamlall

A section of the burnt out Parika Market

Minister of Local Govern-ment and Regional Development, Nigel Dharamlall, yesterday said that his ministry will have to review the $270 million contract for the Parika Market Complex which was in its second phase of rehabilitation when it was destroyed by a massive fire last Friday putting dozens of vendors out of business.

During an interview with the media yesterday on the sidelines of a meeting with Indigenous leaders to discuss carbon credits financing at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre, Dharamlall remarked that although his main aim is to have the market completed as early as possible, his ministry will have to review the contract, and when that is completed, remedial works will commence once the area has been cleaned out.