ARIMA Mayor Balliram Maharaj says his borough was suffering from a lack of funds, which was why the Borough Day celebrations had some missing elements this year.

He said the Borough Corporation was owing about $350,000 for last August’s celebrations and the Independence Day fireworks.

“Because everything costs money now, we are limited. We can not give Arima what it deserves. It’s not the fault of the old government or the new one. We just fell in the transition period where the new government will want to settle down and check the accounts, and we in the middle of that.”