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Mar 24, 2013 News
A war of words is brewing between Alliance for Change Parliamentarian, Dr. Veerasammy Ramayya, and Region Six Chairman, David Armogan, over the Whim Community Centre Ground on the Corentyne. Dr. Ramayya is accusing the Chairman and the government of stalling developmental works on the ground because he [Ramayya] is a resident of Whim.
He said that a few months ago, he “was told in good faith” by Director of Sport, Neil Kumar and Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport Dr. Frank Anthony, that monies will be allocated to develop the ground. He added that a Hymac came in “sent by Mr. Armogan and we got some work done”.
The following Saturday, some workers removed part of the fence “and Mr. Armogan called and told Rohan Jageshwar, an AFC Region 6 Councillor, that we must cease all work because he had several complaints that we were destroying the zinc and fence. This was a total lie.”
Dr. Ramayya claimed that Armogan promised to visit the ground a few days later for an inspection, “but [he] never did. “If you look at the deplorable condition of the ground at this stage, it is a shame. People can see that the Whim ground is infested with bush. The youths are wondering, what next—for such a long time, no cricket has been played here “.
He also accused Mr. Kumar and Dr. Anthony of “failing miserably” in their promises”. Ramayya is accusing the government officials in the region and the Minister of playing political games; ‘this is where they want political mileage—I don’t want political mileage—I want the message to go out very clear”. “This is for the enhancement of sport and development of the community”, he stated.
President of the Whim National Cricket Club, Rohan Jageshwar, has complained that for over three years, no kind of cricket has been played on the ground due to its condition.
Second Division cricket, he stated, which is very popular in the village, has to be played elsewhere, “which his unfair”. “Most of the young people in this community are playing softball”, he stated. He said that Mr. Armogan “gave me the go- ahead to take off the zinc and fence and the very next day….he called me and stopped the project”.
“This thing is very political now”, he noted.
But the Regional Chairman has denounced Dr. Ramayya’s assertions. Mr. Armogan said that he stopped the works because he does not want to rip off the entire fence and leave the ground exposed for a long time, especially since there are no funds (until the 2013 budget) to fix the ground in a major way.
“It does not have anything to do with politics; it’s strictly a question of economics; we don’t have any money to expend on the ground right now. It makes no sense pulling out the whole fence and get machinery doing work there and [we] can’t pay”.
Mr. Armogan is charging Dr. Ramayya, a parliamentarian, to ensure that there is money in this year’s budget for the Whim ground.
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