Residents of Second Street, Johanna North, Black Bush Polder are pleading with President Irfaan Ali to look into having works carried out on their street which is currently in a deplorable state.
According to the residents, they are tired of pleading with the regional authorities since their pleas seem to be falling on deaf ears.
One resident explained, that she has been living in the Corentyne street known as “Castnet Street”, for the last twenty years. She said that normally they wear “home clothes” to walk the muddy dam “and then we change we clothes on the road when we going market and so.”
According to the woman, oftentimes the schoolchildren living throughout the street leave home early for school but end up arriving late due to the amount of time it takes to walk out of the muddy dam. “Abbay beg ayo please help abbay, please help abbay”, she pleaded.
Stabroek News was told that the street has around 32 houses with 74 adults and 43 children residing in total.
Another resident pointed out that sometimes the children living within that street even arrive at school with mud on their uniforms – something which cannot be avoided due to the condition of the street. He said, “Sometimes when they meet school them clothes full a so much mud them does got to come home back so we need lil assistance to fix this street… Let it look after soon as possible, we really need that.”
According to the residents, they have pleaded with the local authorities on numerous occasions but have had no tangible response. “Every time we asking them when they come in and nothing na happen, we need the President to look into this, we need him to help us, how long them children go punish we want them get a better life than we but if this na change how they go get a better life?”
Meanwhile, over in Yakusari South, Black Bush Polder residents are also pleading for Bisnauth Street to be fixed. According to the residents, a number of students reside in that specific street, and whenever it rains they are unable to attend school due to the state of the street.
Those residents have also indicated that they have pleaded with the regional authorities on a number of occasions.
