Shas­tri Boodan

Free­lance Writer

Min­is­ter in the Min­istry of Works and Trans­port Richie Sookhai says Lo­cal Gov­ern­ment re­form will ease the bu­reau­cra­cy in­volved in com­plet­ing projects. He said for too long burgess­es have to wait for un­rea­son­able lengths of time for ser­vices.

Sookhai, who vis­it­ed the Ch­agua­nas Mar­ket over the week­end, said dur­ing his tenure as pres­i­dent of the Ch­agua­nas Cham­ber of In­dus­try and Com­merce, the group had lob­bied the Ch­agua­nas Bor­ough Cor­po­ra­tion to re­pair the run-down fa­cil­i­ties at the mar­ket. How­ev­er, sev­er­al years lat­er, meat ven­dors are still op­er­at­ing in the same de­plorable con­di­tions with on­ly one freez­er in op­er­a­tion and air-con­di­tion­ing units not work­ing.

The heat in that area of the mar­ket caus­es meat to spoil quick­ly.

Sookhai said he might be able to lob­by for some re­lief, but re­form would en­sure that re­gion­al cor­po­ra­tions have the au­ton­o­my to un­der­take projects with­out be­ing sub­ject­ed to the whims and fan­cies of those in au­thor­i­ty.

“What we want is greater ben­e­fits for the peo­ple in the short­est pos­si­ble time,” he said.