{"id":21624,"date":"2024-08-08T00:07:55","date_gmt":"2024-08-08T00:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=21624"},"modified":"2024-08-08T00:08:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T00:08:00","slug":"president-irfaan-ali-advances-plans-to-improve-conditions-for-fisherfolks-in-mon-repos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/president-irfaan-ali-advances-plans-to-improve-conditions-for-fisherfolks-in-mon-repos\/","title":{"rendered":"President Irfaan Ali Advances Plans to Improve Conditions for Fisherfolks in Mon Repos"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>President Irfaan Ali visited Mon Repos yesterday to fulfill promises made earlier this year aimed at enhancing the working conditions for local fisherfolks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The President announced several key initiatives designed to address ongoing challenges faced by the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Construction of a new access road is set to begin next week, which will improve transportation and accessibility for approximately 500 fisherfolks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, a new ramp will be constructed to facilitate the offloading of fish and other produce, and dredging of the waterway will be undertaken to resolve issues caused by shallow waters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the visit, President Ali also responded to concerns about dust pollution from the sanding of boats, which has been affecting nearby residents. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He assured that measures would be put in place to address this issue effectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another significant concern raised was the lack of land transport options for households in the area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Ali acknowledged this problem and informed residents that the Ministry of Housing and Water is currently working on providing solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These interventions are part of a broader effort to improve the livelihoods and working conditions of the fisherfolk community in Mon Repos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Irfaan Ali visited Mon Repos yesterday to fulfill promises made earlier this year aimed at enhancing the working conditions for local fisherfolks. The President announced several key initiatives designed&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21625,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21624","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\/21624","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=21624"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21624\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21626,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21624\/revisions\/21626"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}