Dear Editor,
When I became a proud owner of a houselot and subsequently built my own house in Section A Block X Great Diamond, I felt that swell of emotion that follows remarkable success.
The Minister of Housing in a brief with some houselot awardees had emphasised the desire that the area be kept pristine with houseowners playing their part in maintaining the area as a showpiece.
On the first street in Section A Block X, the building of houses have been sparingly carried out. The result is that many vacant lots exist. On the western side of the street is a major drainage canal bordered by an expansive reserve parapet. This street is almost impassable now and residents are forced to use the second street (School Street) for access to their homes. Taxis are not accepting fares for First Street.
As if that is not enough inconvenience to the residents, we are now prey to the widespread dumping of garbage along the western reserve in the vicinity of vacant houselots. One particular heap of garbage consists of hundreds of plastic bottles and boxes. It is clear that this pile of garbage does not represent household waste. A vehicle was used to transport this waste, possibly in the late evenings when persons would have retired. This is blatant lawlessness and must be condemned. In addition, other piles of garbage are dumped in the vicinity of other vacant houselots along the reserve.
Residents of Block X Great Diamond have a dependable weekly collection of garbage by the NDC. Clearly these residents would have no reason to dump garbage in this manner. The culprits are those persons who live outside of the area and are intent on destroying the aesthetics of our community.
I call upon the NDC to clear these unsightly mounds of garbage and perhaps put some system in place to catch these people in the act of the illegal dumping of garbage.
To leave a city that reeks of garbage at every corner and parapet for the comfort of our homes in a community in which we take pride, is a therapy for much of the stress we may be subject to. Now we may be competing with Georgetown for the title of the dirtiest and most unsightly place where people live and dwell.
Save us from this abomination.
Yours faithfully,
Rudolph D Mahadeo
this newspaper should pay a visit to the two dirtiest places on earth
diamond and rosignol stlling and show the public littering at its best
is remains a sad state to realise that my fellow guyanese has lost pride in self, community and country. this continuing degredation and self destruction of “oh beautiful guyana”, need to stop. will no one learn and understand that this is also contributing to the flooding situation. what a fine web being woven.
A lot in the Diamond Middle Income housing scheme cost $1.2 million; the most expensive in the country. One would have thought that such an expensive scheme would have come complete with all of the infrastructure including excellent roads, water, electricity. There should also have been playfields and other recreational facilities.
Alas, the diamond scheme’s infrastructure is still extremely primitive in conditions. The roads are deplorable with crater sized holes that can cause a vehicle to become stuck. While there is water and electricity, drainage facilties are very poor. The trenches are all clogged with overgrown vegetation and the vacant house lots are veritable jungles with cows and other animals roaming freely.
There are no recreational facilties anywhere in the scheme. Residents have had to resort to taking to the potholed roads to play cricket as a form of exercise.
So what really was the $1.2 million dollars for? The Ministry of Housing and the government has really sold the residents of this housing scheme short on quality which was promised to them.
RUPMAN I AGREE WITH YOU, FOR THAT KIND OF MONEY THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A LOT MORE OFFERED. THE ROADS WERE BUILT AND THEY LASTED SIX MONTHS, THE CONTRACTOR JUST GRADED DOWN THE ROAD AND PUT A THIN LAYER OF BITUMEN DOWN AND THEN THE RAINS CAME AND WASHED IT AWAY.
As a former senior public health inspector with the Ministry of Health I was always horrified at the volume of solid waste that was scattered around primary and secondary school premises. This unkempt condition also infiltrated the campus of the University of Guyana. I used to attend meetings (1996-2002) at the faculty of health sciences and even though the administration had provided a number of garbage receptacles there was always litter around the building. The litter (consisted of Styrofoam food boxes, single service spoons, forks, plastic wrappers, tissue, news papers…) was consistently observed in the concrete drains and around the garbage receptacles as well as in the immediate vicinity of the building. A person will reasonably expect that students of this faculty as well as primary and secondary schools ought to demonstrate and practice clean environmental practices but indeed it was far from the truth. What behaviour can be therefore expect from adults who have emerged from this environment? My sympathy goes out to Mr. Mahadeo and all his neighbours who are adversely affected by the problem and hopefully the matter will be acted upon by the legislative authority.
Those, who complain, are the same people who dump their garbage in the city. The chickens have come home to roost. Deal with it!
… if it’s lost on those who make their homes in this location ,,,, then soon they will come to realise that the dumping of human waste in their b/yard is another “mandela” dump in the making !
it’s just a matter of time b4 the effects is felt !since the “mindlessness continues unabated !,,, SN ,, would u plz tell us who AUTHORISED the dumping of garbage/human waste in this location !
Pointless to comment anymore, MT. The waters of the Amazon will rise over the imaginary line of the Sierra Acarias and wash Guyana and all of its nastiness into the Atlantic!
Complain if you see someone dumping garbage. Don,t dump garbage in this newspaper. We want to maintain a clean environment. If you are a resident of any area in Guyana and see an indiviual dumping garbage challenge that individual. Don,t wait untill he dumps the garbage and leave and then complain. It like to toll booths that we had in Guyana, the drivers would take the receipt and then dump them next to the booth area. You have to say something when you think it is the wrong thing being done.
The reason for this dumping is not difficult. The place obviously looks like a dump, and is hence being used as such.A forward dumping zone,with plans to expand future dumping.