The continued closure of streets surrounding the Camp Street prison has sounded the death knell of the Guyana Variety Store and Nut Centre, proprietor of the business John Singh said.

Singh had indicated that the barricades on streets around the prison had proved detrimental to his business in what was once an extremely vibrant area. He officially closed the business two weeks ago, after he received no response from a number of government officials he had written to, making his concerns known.

The store is located obliquely opposite the Camp Street entrance to the prison and since the barricades were erected late last year, Singh said, there had been a marked decline in business forcing him to lay off five employees. The man told this newspaper recently that he had dispatched letters to Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee and several other government ministers, but in six weeks, had received no response……