Parmanand Persaud

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A total of 14 of the 59 contracts awarded to contractors in Region Two were awarded to contractors under the Region’s Capital Works Programme for the period 2013. The remaining contracts would be issued later.Works emerging under those contracts will engage contractors in infrastructures, road upgrading, and the construction of culverts and learning institutions throughout the Region.Some of the awardees were Mohamed Ramzan Ali Khan, Vish Turbo Contracting Services, Fawaz Contracting Services and Pay less Contracting Services.After issuing the contracts, Parmanand Persaud, Regional Chairman, warned the contractors to comply with the contract documents and at the same time provide quality workWith a further appeal of insuring that projects are completed within the stipulated time, Persaud noted 59 projects were advertised in the print media through the Region’ tender Board.Regional Executive Officer, Sunil Singh, urged contractors who were given Regional Contracts to execute projects according to the bill of quantity and reminded them that projects will be monitored by engineers from the Region.During the forum of June’s RDC meeting, PPP Councilor, Farouk Khan, brought to the attention of his fellow Councilor, at the Oscar Joseph Hospital, at Charity, the issue of bat infestation.The Councilor added that while the situation has caused his daughter, who practices as a doctor at the Hospital, to sleep in patients’ bed. The problem needed to be corrected.Khan however alerted the audience to the fact that he was not only making reference on behalf of his daughter but other doctors who are performing duties at the Hospital.Singh assured Khan that the problem would be rectified since monies were in the pipeline for infrastructure works to be done at the Hospital.