Dear Editor,
Further to the letter penned by Mr Nascimento entitled ‘Dumping of oil, refuse into the river at Bartica is disgraceful’ which was published in your newspaper on October 8, 2008, please note that the management of the Guyana Power and Light Company investigated these claims of the indiscriminate dumping of waste oil into the river. Investigations revealed that the practice reported by Mr Nascimento is false. The power station at Bartica generates about two barrels of waste oil per month and this is sold to chainsaw operators.

We understand dredges operate in the vicinity of Kaow Island, where Mr Nascimento has his operations, and vehicles are washed on the beach at 7th Avenue. We are sure the source of contamination can be found with a little investigation.

Thank you for highlighting your observation. However, the company wishes to state that our operations do not contribute to the current water pollution experienced in Bartica.
Yours faithfully,
Bharat Dindyal
Chief Executive Officer (ag)
Guyana Power and Light Inc