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Minister of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport, Daryl Vaz (right), holds a makeshift light pole while on a tour of the Citron Street community in Clarendon on October 5. The area is slated for electricity upgrade under the Rural Electrification Programme, administered by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund. Others pictured (from left) are Member of Parliament for Clarendon North Central, Robert Morgan; Managing Director of JSIF, Omar Sweeney, and Minister of State in the Ministry of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport, J.C. Hutchinson.
October 9, 2023
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More than 200 Clarendon residents in two communities are to benefit from a $25-million project under the Rural Electrification Programme (REP), administered by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF).
The beneficiary communities are Citron Street and Cottage Hill.
In Citron Street, wiring and installation will be done on 160 houses, and 120 houses will be done in the Cottage Hill community.
While on a tour in the communities on October 5, Minister of Energy, Daryl Vaz, said a contract will shortly be awarded for the project, which will facilitate infrastructural works such as poles and cover costs to wire the houses.
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