Wakenaam’s drainage and irrigation infrastructure yesterday received a major boost after Government handed over a $35M long-reach excavator.A $24M drainage structure at Amersfoort was also commissioned and another $20M sluice is to be built, Minister of Agriculture, Robert Persaud, told residents of the island.The excavator was a commitment made by President Bharrat Jagdeo to the community a few weeks ago while he was on a visit there.It was disclosed,NFL Jerseys Clearance, yesterday, that the island never had an excavator and would have to “borrow” from the region from time to time.According to the Minister,nfl jerseys china, the excavator had landed on the wharf and was earmarked for another area,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, but it was decided to deploy it instead to Wakenaam because of the pressing needs there. It is a new chapter in agriculture for the island, Persaud noted.The residents of the community hard hit by the recent dry conditions of the El Nino weather conditions,Wholesale Authentic Jerseys, had also received millions of dollars in seed paddy. Fertilizers will soon be coming to help lessen the losses.Also at the handing over of the excavator were Region Three Chairman, Julius Faerber; Head of the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority, Lionel Wordsworth; and officials of the Guyana Rice Development Board and the local NDC.According to Faerber,Cheap NFL jerseys China, the island plays a key agriculture role in the country and this is reflected in the several projects that are on stream.This year, $4M will be spent to rehabilitate a main bridge on the public road with a trailer deployed to the island to help.Government will also be spending $50M to fix seven roads with another $5M set aside for the building of a mortuary at the Health Centre.Additionally, there will be extension at the island’s secondary school to cater for the overcrowding and the clearing of several trenches.

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A three vehicle smash up which occurred during the wee hours of yesterday morning on the Montrose, East Coast Demerara Public Road has claimed the life of a 76-year old Bath Settlement West Coast Berbice woman.Dead is Ramdularie ‘Selis’ Singh who was returning home in a minibus with relatives from the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri, after seeing her daughter off to the United States.Dead Ramdularie ‘Selis’ SinghTwelve other persons received injuries as a result of the smash up which involved a minibus, a truck and a car.Singh’s grandson Kamal Lallchand is now a patient of the Male Surgical Ward at the Georgetown Public Hospital.The other injured persons, Sommal Ramdyal, Bibiwattie Ramdyal, Bethlene Parsram,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, Nadeen Srikisson,Cheap Jerseys From China, Krishendatt Singh, Sablalla Budhoo, Narvani Lallcahand, Vindyen Lallchand,Cheap Jerseys From China, Ashmini Lallchand,?? Jitendra Bagwha and Ramdhani Singh were all treated and sent away.According to a police press release, investigations revealed that the driver of mini-bus BNN 7851 attempted to overtake motor lorry GNN 5130 and collided with motor car PMM 1123 which was proceeding in the opposite direction. After the collision, the motor lorry ran into the rear of the mini-bus.The drivers of the three vehicles are in police custody assisting with the investigations.This newspaper was informed that the driver of the car,Cheap NFL Jerseys, Jitendra Bagwha was under the influence of alcohol when the collision occurred.According to the dead woman’s son, Rohan Singh,NBA Jerseys China, the driver of the bus they were travelling in had just overtaken a truck when he noticed a car coming in the opposite direction.Singh said that the driver of the car apparently panicked and applied brakes, lost control of the vehicle which started spinning causing it to slam into the right side of the bus, the same side that his mother was sitting. The impact then caused the bus to slam into the truck, hurling the elderly woman from the vehicle.Singh said that he was told that nearby residents and other public-spirited citizens assisted in taking his relatives out of the wreckage and rushed them to the hospital.The woman’s death was the second road fatality on the East Coast Demerara within hours.Earlier on Saturday night pedestrian Edward Ashby was killed when he was struck down by two speeding cars on the Ogle Public Road.