Residents of Charity, Essequibo Coast, yesterday met with officials of the Guyana Power and Light Incorporated (GPL) on the power outages continuing to plague the community and they were told that efforts underway to rectify the situation would yield results by this weekend.
Over the past eight days, residents of Charity have had no access to electricity and as a result the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) pump station in the village has been unable to supply water to the outlying areas.
The meeting, which was held in the boardroom of the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) office at Anna Regina, saw the attendance of GPL Deputy Chief Executive Officer (Technical) Elwyn Marshall, GPL Regional Director Nigel Belfield, and representatives of the RDC and businesses in the region.
Region Two Chairman Devanand Ramdatt said that he expected