This past week and despite better weather some of the key business areas of the city have been, at best coping with the aftermath of the flooding. Early this week found decidedly fewer shoppers in the Bourda Market area and vendors and shoppers alike were brooding over what they felt was a less than satisfactory post-flood cleanup job. Within a matter of days the customary unsightly pile of garbage had appeared on the northern extreme of Orange Walk, close to a clutch of stalls offering chicken and other perishables for sale. The deserted fruit and vegetable stalls suggested that consumers have now become more sanguine about the serious health risks that purchasing some foods could pose in the wake of the floods. Interestingly, even as the floods come and go, there are increasing signs of determination amongst the vendors both inside and outside the market to press on.
One of the pictures in this group taken by the Stabroek Business on Thursday is that of an almost completely submerged water tank impeding the flow of water along the main North Road canal and leaving behind the ugly remains of the day’s vending and an accompanying stench. No one was paying the slightest attention to what might well become part of the cause for the next major flood that comes along in the vicinity of the market.
