Waste management is taking up over 50% of the revenues of the Beterverwagting /Triumph Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) and councillors who were elected at historic local government polls are now confronting problems which have led to frustration with one already contemplating resignation.
“Waste management is currently eating between 50-52% of our revenue and from what we could see we were not getting a good enough service,” Oscar Glasgow, the chair of the NDC’s Works Committee told Stabroek News recently. He said while the council has not been able to reduce the cost as yet, it has put systems in place to improve the service provided.
“We have an agreement with Cevon’s Waste Management which collects garbage on Tuesdays and Thursdays but we have also begun using one of the village tractors to collect garbage around the community,” NDC chairman Leyland Harcourt said.
