| BK International, one of the contractors of the multi-million dollar Haags Bosch landfill, says that while it had been requested by government to ready the facility for August 1, delays beyond its control has made it impossible.BK said in a statement issued Tuesday,Cheap Jerseys, that its obligation for delivery and operation of the landfill continues to be January 2011.The BK Group stated that reports published in the Guyana Times of Sunday,NFL Jerseys Wholesale, July 11, headlined “Haags Bosch landfill delayed for three months”, in Sunday Stabroek News of July 11, and headlined “New garbage challenge hits city as Haags Bosch landfill pushed back two months” and in the Kaieteur News, gave an entirely false impression that the contractor is behind on the delivery of the contract.According to the BK Group,cheap jerseys from china, BK International Inc., in association with Puran Brothers Disposal Services,Wholesale NFL Jerseys 2018, are contracted to deliver Haags Bosch landfill contract on January 15,Cheap Basketball Jerseys, 2011.This is clearly stated in a press release of July 10, issued by the Project Manager, Walter Willis, on behalf of the Georgetown Solid Waste Management Programme, upon which these reports are based.BK said that it had met with Willis on May 25, and that the Project Manager sought the assistance of the company to accelerate the project to allow for start-up of the landfill operations at the Haags Bosch site by August 1st, 2010.“It is clear from the minutes of that meeting, that while the contractor undertook to assist, if possible, in meeting the request of the Government’s Project Implementation Unit, the contractor’s obligation for delivery and operation of the landfill continue to be January 2011.”The project experienced setbacks with materials, vital for the construction of the landfill and essential for any acceleration of the project,NFL Jerseys China, delayed “through no fault of the contractor.”BK claimed that duty free concessions for the materials, applied for since January 2010 and approved by the Solid Waste Management Programme, continue to wait approval by the Guyana Revenue Authority.Over the weekend, Mayor of Georgetown, Hamilton Green, had expressed concern with the landfill at Haags Bosch not being operational to take garbage, as promised. He claimed that the ‘setback’ would cause M&CC to fall further in an economic crisis, as it would now have to find money to contain to maintain the aging Le Repentir landfill.Already, two sections of that landfill have been closed off, with one remaining.M&CC officials said that they will now have to encroach onto the actual cemetery taking three acres to ensure space for more dumping.However, Willis said that a recent study found that the Le Repentir site could be topped up by another meter. |
