Dear Editor,
Many years ago, during the People’s National Congress administration under the late President LFS Burnham, Lindentown supplied electrical energy via a 69KV transmission circuit to Georgetown which was generated from the Alumina Plant steam power station. In those days, Georgetown experienced frequent blackouts while Lindeners enjoyed regular electricity. Today, Lindentown looks dark at nights with the absence of street lights, when compared to the East Bank, East Coast, West Coast and West Bank, just to name a few.
We have many dark streets and valleys where our people traverse daily at nights. We are aware there are many hills and valleys to contend with but most of our main streets on both banks of the river are very dark which causes road users to bounce into each other sometimes.
There are times politics must take a backbench to social issues, for example, the bad roads and drains constructions, the building and rebuilding of burnt or damaged schools, infestation of mosquitoes in schools, garbage pileup (the slogan, Pick it up) is wrong, it should be (Don’t drop it), why the Hymara and Cockatara creeks are filled with bauxite waste so quickly. Why drivers, especially those who take our children to and from schools are always in haste. Why Lindeners have to travel to Georgetown to have an ultrasound test when we have a state-of-the-art modern hospital, why can’t we have a fire department on the Wismar shore in case there is a blockage on the Mackenzie-Wismar bridge while there is a fire. Why do we still suffer from dust when a bauxite dust collector was installed and commissioned by the Prime Minister Mr Samuel Hinds?
The social issues in Linden town are many that need to be addressed urgently in order for us to move forward. Lindeners let us not lose focus on our developments.
A Quote “Let us live today as if we are going to die tomorrow, but learn as if we will live forever.”
Yours faithfully,
B Winslow Parris