Minister of State, Joseph Harmon and representatives from the Civil Defence Commission (CDC), the Mayor and City Council (MCC) of Georgetown and the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI), yesterday distributed 300 sanitation hampers to residents of Albouystown who have been affected by flooding due to the seasonal rains.
The Minister also led the team on a walkabout of the community to get a first-hand look at the conditions under which people are living, a release from the Ministry of the Presidency said. Representatives from the Ministry of Public Health were also on hand to treat persons suffering from water-borne diseases.
“I’m not unfamiliar with this territory. As you recall… while we were in the Opposition we had these floods, we’ve gone through these streets. I know [that] the situation has not changed dramatically but it has changed somewhat because of the monies the Government and the City Council has spent on drainage and irrigation in these communities, but there’s still a lot to be done,” he said.
Harmon said that persons