Dear Editor,
I have lived in Section ‘M’ Campbellville for about thirty five years. This appears to be the land that the government and city council has forgotten. The last time that any appreciable work was done in the area was courtesy of Mr. Stanley Ming many years ago, when he brought in an excavator and the canals and drains were cleaned. When I moved here in 1984, the government and council of the day ensured that the drains and canals were regularly cleaned. This ceased in the mid 1990s.
The flooding started around this time and has become worse over the years. We are now in a situation where the clouds roll in and the area floods. All of the drains and canals are clogged with weeds and bushes, and in some instances there are large trees growing where the canal used to be. The last time a member of the city council visited this area was last year in the run up to local government elections, when Mr. Junior Garrett came in to the area asking for votes. I guess he got them as he is on the council.
However, he has not kept any of his promises, as we have not seen him since, and the weeds and trees continue to grow in the drains and canals, and contractors continue to throw sand and other material in the drains, and the flooding continues. I have to assume that the parking meter project trumps the wellbeing of Georgetown and its citizens!
I have now concluded that the Mayor and City Council is a lost cause, which we as citizens will have to remedy at the next local government elections. So now, I respectfully request the attention of the Minister of Public Works, the Minister of Local Government and the President of the Co-operative Republic, as he is ultimately responsible for the wellbeing of his citizens, to have someone visit the Campbellville, Prashad Nagar and Bel Air areas, to assess the condition of the drains and canals, and carry out the necessary works to bring some relief to the citizens in the area.
The President has said that he is working towards ‘a better life for all Guyanese’ however for some of us it is ‘a bitter life for us Guyanese’ We await your attention!
Yours faithfully,
(Name and address provided)
