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In other news from the Ministry of Public Utilities and Logistics, government is beaming over a Rural Electrification Project set to be implemented under the Ministry of Public Utilities, Energy, Logistics and E-Governance, funded by the European Union. The aim is to establish micro-grids within rural communities across the West and Southern parts of the country. The Minister of Public utilities told us about the first one to come on stream:
Michel Chebat, Minister of Public Utilities & Logistics
"We have about 27 villages across the country who don't have access to electricity. And so the Belize Rural electrification project is aimed at correcting that. We have a microgrid that we're going to be inaugurating on the 12th of October in the village of Indian Creek. And that is going to be serving 400 families between Indian Creek, Golden Stream and Medina Bank. We're also looking at implementing and installing microgrids in the village of San Benito, Jalacte, San Carlos, Indian Church and so on. And so the aim is to try to bring electricity to all of our citizens."
A total of 4 Million Euros has been invested into the project.
