The Interim-Management Committee (IMC) of the Bartica Neighbourhood Democratic Council, in Region Seven, has withdrawn permission it recently granted to a sanitation service to dump garbage at the still under-construction landfill site in the community.
IMC Chairman Ovid Benjamin yesterday admitted that around a month ago permission had been granted to a local entity, Bartica Sanitation Services, to commence dumping at the incomplete site. Benjamin said, however, that this permission was recanted approximately one week ago, after concerns had been raised.
He said that the company has since recommenced dumping operations at the 2nd Avenue dumpsite, where residents had previously complained about being tormented by rodents, flies and mosquitoes, presumably attracted by the garbage.
Regional Democratic Council (RDC) Chairman Gordon Bradford said that he was the one who raised the concerns after the sanitation service’s owner, Wayne Nurse, approached the RDC to confirm the validity of the agreement.
Bradford noted that the IMC authorized the use of the site although it is ill-prepared to accommodate dumping.
