Latest update April 11th, 2026 12:11 AM
Project for upgrades of community grounds taking shape
Depressed community, Angoy’s Avenue, last week benefitted from a cash donation that was made by the New Building Society Ltd of New Amsterdam to assist in completing their playfield.
Senior Manager of the Society, Anil Beharry, had urged the members of that playfield’s management committee to focus on youth involvement in sports, so as to help keep them off the streets and at the same time produce better individuals in the community.
Residents of Plaisance on the East Coast of Demerara also demonstrated that they valued their community ground when they fought against great odds to swerve the Government’s endeavours to construct a transmission tower on the facility.
The transmission tower was part of the e-governance programme to facilitate the linking of government’s fibre-optic cable to enable internet access.
Project Manager of the programme, Alexei Ramotar, had indicated that the tower would have supplied the community with wireless service, since Plaisance would have been one of the hotspots for the programme. However, the Plaisance society was not swayed from their protest to have the tower erected elsewhere. The residents vowed to ensure that their only place of recreation was not taken away.
Despite the royal runaround by the Government at the expense of the residents, their protest bore fruit when a decision was made to take the construction of the tower to an alternative site.
Like many other community grounds, the one in Plaisance is famous for school sports, cricket and football competitions, and community fairs among other activities.
Currently, the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport (MCYS) is extending to communities the opportunity to enhance their facilities under the community ground enhancement 2013 project.
Under this venture, the respective management committees are invited to submit applications for their ground to be repaired and upgraded.
In order for the application to be valid, the committee must endorse the application. In addition, the request for repairs must be approved by the respective Neighbourhood Democratic Councils as well as the Regional Democratic Councils. Further, a recognized contractor must be identified. This contractor will take charge of the operations, once recommended by the Management Committee.
Lastly, an estimate to cover the repairs and upgrades must be submitted along with the request. The work estimated should not exceed $1Million. All requests must be submitted in a sealed envelope and addressed to the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport on or before June 1.
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