Electrification closer for Circuitville

CIRCUITVILLE MUST FIRST BE REGULARISED before residents are hooked up to the Guyana
Power and Light (GPL) Inc interconnected systems, Minister within the Ministry of Public Works, Mr.
Deodat Indar said.

Circuitville, located along the Soesdyke/Linden Highway, in Demerara/Mahaica, (Region Four), has been
lobbying for electric power for years but has not yet overcome the regularisation hurdle with the housing
and water ministry.

Minister Indar told Circuitville’s residents, including its Community Development Council (CDC), the
chief advocate behind the plea for power, has been lobbying for electricity over the years that GPL wants
to see proof of land ownership before providing electricity infrastructure.

“Persons do not have a legal document for the land they occupy, and so GPL normally requires that so that
they can put in the infrastructure…so the first thing we have to do is engage the Ministry of Housing and
get them to regularise the area. Once the area is regularised then we can come and set that up,” Minister
Indar said.

In the meantime, residents there could benefit from the government’s electrification project, which will see
approximately 30,000 households benefitting from 165 watts of solar power systems, the government
official hinted while visiting the Region Four community for this year’s ‘Heritage Month’ celebration at
the community’s ground.

Circuitville can get power under the G$2B (US$10M) project to be implemented in riverine and
hinterland communities.
“We just have to sign the agreement and start the procurement of those homes systems…once
that is in the country I will surely come back here and distribute those,” Indar promised
residents.

CDC Chair, Ms. Melisa Mundo, was elated with Indar’s disclosures following years of her
lobbying efforts to being power to her Soesdyke community.
Mundo was optimistic that Circuitville will finally be electrified.