GPL uncovers illegal wiring, street lights in Providence housing scheme

One of the street lights at the front of the Housing Scheme.

The Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) has discovered that 44 houses are connected illegally in a housing scheme at the back of the Providence Stadium and there are also 50 illegal street lights.

A source at GPL told Stabroek News that the company discovered that the scheme had wiring and street lights that were not authorised. In addition, when company officials visited the area on Tuesday they noticed that the lot numbers that were originally allocated to the houses were changed.

The GPL staff began to document the illegal activity but were subsequently confronted