Residents of Main Road, Kwakwani are complaining that it has been approximately two weeks since they have received potable water.
Residents say that about two weeks ago, workers from ASH Civil Engineering Works, a local contracting company, carried out works on a water main which had burst some time before. The residents say that since the work was completed, the flow of water was interrupted, and in some areas, is non-existent. One resident told this newspaper that numerous calls were made to the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI), and on each occasion they were told that someone would arrive to assess and fix the situation, but no one ever turned up.
GWI’s Public Relations Officer (PRO) Timothy Austin acknowledged that the water shortage being experienced in the area is the result of a huge water leak. However, he told Stabroek News that the