NEW FOREST, EAST CANJE – This is another year when millions of dollars would be invested in New Forest in East Canje with the hope of attracting farmers to the community.The Chairman of Region Six, Zulfikar Mustapha,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, said that $100M is going toward improving drainage and irrigation facilities, $8M would be used for maintenance of the New Forest Road and $4M on repairs to the Zorg Primary School taking the total amount of money to be spent in New Forest this year to $112 M.Back in 2007, Government expended $20M on developmental work in New Forest. The work was also aimed at improving the drainage and irrigation system as well as other aspects in areas between Speculation and New Forest. Back then, the Minister of Agriculture, Robert Persaud, who had visited the area, said that was the first time those agricultural communities would receive such an amount and the main objective was to encourage farmers to return to the land.From left: Region Six National Events Chairman, Faizal Jaffarally, Regional Chairman, Zulfikar Mustapha, Regional Executive Officer, Bhadase Poonai and Principal Personnel Officer, Shelton Daniels In 2004, a $4M culvert was constructed to regulate the flow of water in those areas and money was also identified to construct another.Not so long ago, Government also expended $20 M on a new well at De Voedster,Wholesale Stitched NFL Jerseys, a section of New Forest.In 2008, work was done on the New Forest Road. The Region Six Administration spent some $3.5M and that did not include the cost for machinery, fuel and other paraphernalia.That $3.5M road project was the first time that stakeholders in that community were given the contract to rehabilitate the stretch of roadway from Speculation to the end of New Forest based on their need.Over the years, the residents had been complaining about the state of the New Forest Road. They had also been pleading with the authorities to give them the green light to do the repairs on the road themselves since they said they knew what was best for the thoroughfare. They had also categorically stated that they did not want outside contractors doing the job.Permission was granted and in April 2008, the Regional Chairman announced that the residents can use whatever materials they felt would be suitable for the road but in so doing cannot blame the Administration should things go wrong after they had completed the job.The Regional Administration did the preparatory work that included grading the thoroughfare. The residents were even to be paid a stipend to do the project.By July 2008, Region Six Chairman, Zulfikar Mustapha, said he was dissatisfied with the quality of work the very people did on the road. But the residents were pleased with the job they did and said,Wholesale Jerseys China, “It would last for years.” They said that they did the best they could have since the road is low. They stated that they had to fill the pot holes higher than the existing structure to cater for sinking.Last week, the Regional Chairman indicated that maintenance was done on the New Forest Road over the years but this time longevity is the goal. The present material on the thoroughfare would be scarified, new stuff added and a crusher run surface would complete the job which would be solely funded by the Region Six Administration.Meanwhile, explaining how $100M would be spent this year to improve drainage and irrigation facilities in New Forest, the Chairman said that the Region owns five excavators and these would be used to execute all of the jobs, thus reducing financial burden. “When the excavators are used to do the job at New Forest it would amount to close to $100 M in cost. But the money for the fuel, which would cost between $20 M and $25 M would come from our Current Budget.We already have the machinery (five excavators) and the labour would cost about $75M and this is funded by the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority. So when you look at it we would save close to $100 M.”He indicated that a ‘massive’ drainage and irrigation programme commenced two Mondays ago in New Forest. All of the ten irrigation and drainage canals would be cleared with the aim of having every inch of land in New Forest under cultivation. So far, three of these canals have been completed and work began on the fourth one last Friday. This aspect of the project is to be completed by the end of the month.The next step is the construction of two kokers, one at Zorg and he could not say where the second would be. Six drainage pipes are to be installed across the dams to allow for a decent flow of irrigation water.According to Mr. Mustapha, the fence at the Zorg Primary School would be done once again this year along with land filling. But in 2007,<a href="http://www.v