Deputy Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice Ju­nior Ben­jamin yes­ter­day ad­vised cit­i­zens to en­sure the Car­ni­val re­mains clean and safe as ac­tiv­i­ties re­lat­ed to it wind down for the rest of this week.

He made the com­ment while vis­it­ing San­gre Grande Car­ni­val fes­tiv­i­ties, where he wit­nessed sev­er­al small bands and one band of moko jumbies pa­rade.

Most of the mas bands came from San­gre Grande and en­vi­rons and por­trayed their cos­tumes to the mas­sive crowd that wait­ed pa­tient­ly to wit­ness their pa­rade.

San­gre Grande Re­gion­al Cor­po­ra­tion chair­man Ken­wyn Phillip said he asked the busi­ness com­mu­ni­ty to make a bet­ter con­tri­bu­tion for Car­ni­val 2026, so it would be much brighter and big­ger. How­ev­er, he not­ed the bands were scaled down be­cause they did not have enough fi­nance.

Mean­while, Snr Supt Pa­ponett, who is in charge of the East­ern Di­vi­sion, re­port­ed that there were no re­ports of in­ci­dents dur­ing the Pa­rade of Bands. He com­pli­ment­ed the or­gan­i­sa­tion of the event by San­gre Grande Car­ni­val Com­mit­tee chair­man Kevin Thomas. He al­so com­mend­ed mas­quer­aders and spec­ta­tors for their be­hav­iour dur­ing J’Ou­vert and hoped it would con­tin­ue through­out yes­ter­day.