Much of the supplies to help alleviate the drought baking the Rupununi are not reaching villages but are in storage in Lethem, residents have reported but Regional Executive Officer (REO) Carl Parker says the communities have to make requests to access the items.
“If we get requests from specific communities, we will respond,” Parker told Stabroek News yesterday. He related that supplies such as water purification tablets and pumps are at the response centre controlled by Region Nine vice-chairman Karl Singh and they have been waiting on requests from villages.
According to Parker, if villages realise that they are in trouble, they should make a request and he is sure that the regional authorities will respond. He said he did not think that any village will not cry out if they do not need the help. He said he had assisted one village which had requested assistance. He added that it is not the case that the authorities have
