A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) outreach on the West Coast Demerara on July 3 saw residents complaining about the poor infrastructure dogging their communities.
APNU visited De Kinderen and Tuschen to listen to residents’ complaints about the state of their communities, underscoring the need for local government elections and the strengthening of the local democratic institutions across the country. Myriad problems facing residents were uncovered which includes roads with potholes that could swallow entire cars; a broken bridge between De Kinderen and Meten-Meer-Zorg that children once used to get to school; culverts completely clogged by vegetation and garbage; trenches and drains filled with forest-like vegetation and extreme flooding at times of rainfall.
Residents collectively complained that the flooding was severe because of poor drainage works or none at all. They cited the main drainage canal on the public road that resembles a forest, which they say has not been dug in 20 years. The waterway, they complained provides a habitat for dangerous animals such as snakes and alligators. A representative from the
