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The Min­istry of Works and In­fra­struc­ture has ap­point­ed a new Board of Di­rec­tors to lead the Ur­ban De­vel­op­ment Cor­po­ra­tion of Trinidad and To­ba­go Lim­it­ed (UDe­COTT), with the of­fi­cial in­stal­la­tion tak­ing place on Mon­day.

Shankar Bidaisee will serve as Chair­man of the board, sup­port­ed by Deputy Chair­man Pe­ter Kan­hai. The oth­er ap­pointees are Dr Ro­bel­to Os­borne, Hema Soon­dars­ingh, Omkar­nath Su­per­sad-Ma­haraj and In­di­ra Bansee.

Speak­ing at the cer­e­mo­ny, Works and In­fra­struc­ture Min­is­ter Jear­lean John urged the board to em­brace its man­date with a peo­ple-first ap­proach and a com­mit­ment to na­tion­al progress.