NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – A large portion of the 2010 Budgetary allocation for East Berbice/Corentyne goes toward improving the drainage and irrigation system in that geographic location.Recently, the Region Six Chairman presented a $299 million Capital Expenditure Budget for East Berbice/Corentyne. The largest allocation under the Capital Expenditure goes to Drainage and irrigation where $102 million was allotted, $56 million would be expended on Roads, $37 million on Building – Education, $27 million on Bridges, $23 million – Land Development, $19 million – Furniture and Equipment – Health, $10 million – Building – Health, $9 million – Furniture and Equipment – Education, $8.5 million – Land Transport, $5.5 million – Buildings – Administration and $1.8 Furniture and Equipment – Administration. This year under the Current Expenditure, $1.6 billion would be invested on Education Delivery, $810 million on Health Services, $456 million on Agriculture,Cheap Jerseys Online, $247 million on Public Works and $88 million would be expended on Regional Administration and Finance.The Budgetary allocation in 2009 for the drainage and irrigation system was $96 million but a total of $500 million was absorbed. This Mr. Mustapha said, assisted to provide adequate irrigation water to farmers and improve the general system so much so that farmers within the Black Bush Polder, Number Fifty- two/Seventy-four Village area asked for the Manarabisi pump to be shut off.As a result, 46,Cheap Nike NFL Jerseys,000 acres of land across East Berbice/Corentyne are now under rice cultivation. In locations between Number Fifty- two/Seventy-four Village there are 17,500 acres available for cultivation, 3,500 at Crabwood Creek, 18,000 in Black Bush Polder and less than 600 acres of land at New Forest. The 2009 work across Region Six also saw 22,000 more acres of land opening up for rice cultivation between Number Fifty-one Village to Bloomfield.The Regional Chairman is optimistic that when the 2010 developmental projects are completed in New Forest, close to 3,000 acres of rice would be planted. This would have a halo effect, thus encouraging many of the farmers who had walked out of the rice cultivation business in those communities, due to poor drainage and irrigation problems coupled with bad roads, to return.The Region owns five excavators and these assist in reducing cost to the Administration. An independent channel is to be excavated for Joanna in Black Bush Polder this year and this would pass through Number Thirty-six Village to Bengal to the Atlantic Ocean. The fa?ade in the Number Fifty-two/Seventy-four locations would also be excavated. Other drainage and irrigation projects include the reconstruction of sluices at Light Town and Kortberaad on the East Bank of Berbice, timber revetment to be built to control erosion at Ma Retraite,Cheap NFL Jerseys Authentic, Liverpool Village and Tain, and $8 million worth of repairs to eight regulators in Black Bush Polder.A special $500 million programme is to commence in April in the four schemes comprising Black Bush Polder. Under this venture, all of the canals and drainage and irrigation structures and bridges leading to the cultivation are to be dealt with. The pump station at Mibicuri is also to be renovated. Another venture is listed for Crabwood Creek and for localities between Number Fifty-two and Number Seventy-four Villages.Mr. Mustapha explained that in almost every sector there was an increase in the amounts allotted this year. He described 2009 as being successful. Some $276 million was expended in 2009 on several programmes along with an additional $180 million that was used for road work last year.After the 2009 Capital Work Programme was said to be completed in November, contracts were signed for work on an additional 39 community roads in the Region Six one month later.The added funds – $180 million was allocated by the Office of the President/Ministry of Finance/Ministry of Public Works to execute the projects.In November the Administration had opened bids for the construction of these thoroughfares in areas such as Angoy’s Avenue, Canefield, Number Nineteen, Fort Ordnance, Fyrish/Gibraltar, Hampshire/Kilcoy, Rose Hall Town, John’s Port Mourant, Whim/Bloomfield, Lancaster/Hogstye, Bush Lot/Number Twenty-eight, Black Bush Polder,Wholesale Jerseys Outlet, Number Fifty-one/Good Hope, Number Fifty-two/Seventy-four, Corriverton and Crabwood Creek. These were said to be identified after consultation sessions across East Berbice/Corentyne.All of those roads should have been completed by December 31st last to make way for the 2010 schedule.? But when the Region Six Chairman presented his 2010 Budget,Che