The Ministry of Agriculture along with the Environmental Protection Agency and the Guyana Police Force over the weekend conducted simultaneous exercises along the East Bank of Demerara, West Bank and West Coast of Demerara and the Sophia area to stop the dumping of garbage by residents in drains and canals.
A release from the ministry said that this is in keeping with the promise made by the Minister of Agriculture, Robert Persaud at the Uitvlugt Community Centre last Tuesday during a meeting with Community Drainage and Irrigation Workers and Sugar Workers.
Then, numerous complaints were made by workers that residents are dumping garbage in drains and canals and along parapets which cause blockage and flooding. Persaud assured workers that he would look into carrying out exercises to target citizens engaged in this behaviour.
The exercise saw persons suspected of dumping being warned and instructed by Environmental Protection Agency Officers to cleans areas where garbage were dumped. The release that when word of the Sophia operations spread persons immediately began cleaning dumpsites and removing their debris from drains. “Along the East Bank of Demerara the Eccles/Rumsburg NDC Chairman made promises to residents to provide 100 drums to assist in disposing of their garbage in a safe and clean manner and disposal of the garbage will be done by that NDC”, the release added.
