{"id":20938,"date":"2024-06-27T16:12:19","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T16:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=20938"},"modified":"2024-06-27T16:12:21","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T16:12:21","slug":"president-ali-announces-development-initiatives-for-santa-aratack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/president-ali-announces-development-initiatives-for-santa-aratack\/","title":{"rendered":"President Ali Announces Development Initiatives for Santa Aratack"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><strong>By Josiah Williams<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Santa Aratack residents can look forward to a transformed community as President Dr. Irfaan Ali unveiled plans during a recent visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Ali outlined several projects aimed at enhancing Santa Aratack, including new agricultural programs focused on honey, coconut, and citrus production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He highlighted the planting of 500 coconut trees and over 200 citrus plants, envisioning expanded agricultural output and potential eco-lodges in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A dedicated committee will oversee honey production, supported by government provisions of 25 hives, equipment, and training for local residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Infrastructure upgrades were also announced, including the construction of a new well and a $10 million investment in upgrading the community&#8217;s water distribution system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Ali assured residents that work on the new well, awarded to Kissoon Contracting Services for $19 million, will commence within two weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Environmental initiatives will include bi-annual cleanings of the community creek, with the first scheduled by month-end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additional commitments include providing a 40-horsepower engine and boat, and refurbishing the school\u2019s kitchen and fence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Ali emphasized collaborative efforts with Santa Aratack residents to achieve these development goals and improve their quality of life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Josiah Williams Santa Aratack residents can look forward to a transformed community as President Dr. Irfaan Ali unveiled plans during a recent visit. President Ali outlined several projects aimed&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":20939,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-local-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20938"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20938\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20940,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20938\/revisions\/20940"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}