GPL to offer compensation to crewman’s family if company found liable for death

Bharat Dindyal

If investigations into the death of crewman Parmanand Ramroop find the Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) liable, then compensation will be forthcoming to his family, according to company Chief Executive Officer Bharat Dindyal.

Ramroop, 21, of Danielstown, Essequibo Coast, fell from a ladder and died while on duty at Richmond, another village situated on the coast. Unlike 19-year-old Sean Scott, a contracted worker who was hit by an electric wire while on duty in Berbice and later died, Ramroop was