Dear Editor,
We are told by Guyana Water Inc. that water is life, yet here in my area the GWI well is in the middle of a cemetery at Fyrish Village surrounded by flood water since the rainy season started. In fact, the cemetery is under water for most of the year and how safe is the water from that well is anybody’s guess. For those of us who have water filters, after one week, the filter is covered with a thick black and green muck. We have to change our filters every week. Editor, over the years people have called on successive governments to close down that well and drill a new one in a more safe and secure area so that we the people can access a better quality of water.
Editor, and this brings me to the reason I am writing this letter to you. Early this year, Minister Collin Croal and a team from his ministry and officials of GWI visited my community Chesney/Kilcoy South to meet with the people and to address issues affecting them and the number one issue raised was the well at Fyrish Village and the quality of water that we are getting. He promised the people that GWI will soon begin the drilling of a new well. The people were elated and thank him in advance for his promise. A few months later during the recent floods, no other than President Irfaan Ali visited our community and he too promised the people that we will have a new well. Alas, what can I say, we are still waiting for a new well. I guess promises are made to be broken. Editor, I am hoping that through this medium, someone will remind the minister or even the president that we the people are still waiting for a new well so that we can also enjoy clean, potable and treated water.
Sincerely,
Imtiaz Baccus
