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  • 1 year ago
The community of Embacadere, San Fernando has received a $1M economic boost from the Ministry of Rural Development and Local Government.

On Friday the ministry launched two booths at the Embacadere Basketball court which will be used by two residents for their own business ventures.

Minister Faris Al Rawi says this is was just one project undertaken in the community recently and the country can expect to see heavy development over the next few months.
Transcript
00:00With the aim of improving community life here in Embakede, San Fernando,
00:05Member of Parliament for San Fernando West
00:08and Minister of Rural Development and Local Government, Faris Al Rawi,
00:12today distributed keys to two local economic development booths.
00:17He says in recent months, approximately $1 million was spent to uplift the area.
00:24The cost of the booths is $100,000 each booth,
00:27but what we did in the $1 million of work that we did is we did much more work in the community,
00:32fencing, paving, rampways, works down at the beachfront, this area.
00:36So there's a redevelopment area.
00:38Over 30 people applied to be able to get these two booths.
00:42Minister Al Rawi says they plan to construct about 10 more right here in Embakede.
00:49He says in other areas with significant foot traffic,
00:52his ministry will be building more economic zones like this.
00:56We will be launching shortly vertical hydroponic units.
01:02224 HTC communities are earmarked for local zone development
01:12with a gated community approach.
01:16As we build the guard boots for mobile policing and we install the cameras.
01:23Minister Al Rawi says communities across Trinidad can expect to get their own booths in the next few months.
01:30So right now we are knocking on the door of the Ministry of Finance for funding across Trinidad.
01:36The minister is entertaining those requests now.
01:38You know we're coming up to a budget cycle very shortly.
01:41So I expect that between the end of this financial year and the beginning of the next financial year,
01:46you'll see heavy development happening.
01:48Cindy Raghuban Tika Singh, TV6 News.
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