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May 25, 2011 News
– says money also spent on other projects
Regional Executive Officer (REO) of Region Eight, Ishwar Dass, yesterday refuted the claim that the toilet which was on the front page of the KN edition dated May 15, 2011 and read that the facility was established at a cost of $11.7M, stating that the money did not only cater for the toilet but was also spent to execute other projects.
Dass told Kaieteur News that the $11.7M catered for the sanitary block which contains four toilets, a water trestle with eight tanks, the guttering of the school building which is 60 feet in length at both sides, the wiring of the school building and teachers’ quarters and also the purchasing and installation of a solar-driven water pump that is expected to bring water from the creek to the facility “when there is need for water”.
He explained that eight tanks had to be sent in to form part of the water trestle, and due to the fact that there were no large boats to transport the tanks all at once to the destination, more money was spent on transportation since the plane could only facilitate two tanks at a time from Mahdia to Kaieteur and then the small boat had space only for one tank for every trip to Chinapau.
The REO further explained that when chartering a plane from Mahdia to Kaieteur, it costs $80,000 per shuttle with another $25,000 per trip from Kaieteur to Chinapau (and only one tank fits directly in a boat per trip).
Dass stated “Chinapau is a very far area in terms of Region Eight and of course the toilet is only one component of the project and I explained…the $11.7M is justifiable with respect to where this project is being done.”
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