Dear Editor,
I wish to bring to the attention of the hierarchy of the Guyana Police Service some of the good work achieved by ‘G’ Division police officers.
Firstly, the traffic officers on the Essequibo Coast must be commended for their active approach and their presence on the roadways during the night and in the daytime. With the influx of several auto sales establishments in the region, the volume of vehicles has increased threefold compared to two years ago, thus demanding sterner traffic coordination and monitoring. The Essequibo Road is a single main road along the sea coast with huge trenches along the sides of the roadway. Tractors, animal-drawn carts, trucks, combines, cyclists, pedestrians and all and sundry use the only walk and driveway to move through the region. There is drinking and driving taking place along with speeding. There have been several fatalities on the road for the year.
I strongly feel that the police department needs to be equipped with the necessary tools so as to achieve their goals, for example they need more speed guns, breathalyser equipment, cloaks for the rainy season, and more vehicles inclusive of motorbikes for the traffic department. There is also need to fill the potholes on the roads which are very much in evidence while driving from Charity to Supenaam. These are also a traffic hazard, because several times vehicles have collided while navigating those craters. The Ministry of Public Works has being lapsing tremendously in relation to the maintenance of a few wooden bridges which have spikes exposed causing damage to tyres. I do look forward for some changes since summer in now coming on and many guests (tourists) will be arriving from abroad just to laugh at us, as was experienced by myself on several occasions.
I would appreciate it if all those involved in the decision-making process acted early on my advice and recommendations so that we can continue on the correct path of progress and development. I wish at the same time to call on those senior public servants who are lazy, dormant and don’t want to work to move this country forward, to do the right thing and vacate their positions to give others a chance who want to see things happen at a rapid rate. The time for procrastination is over; let progress continue.
Yours faithfully,
Andrieko Basir
