Local construction company, Unicom, has denied a complaint from residents of New Providence that it is filling in a drainage canal to make an access road to property it owns in the area.
New Providence, East Bank Demerara resident, Kamini Bulkan in a letter published in the Stabroek News on Sunday, July 24, complained that a private company was filling the canal that runs north to south from Mocha Road to Stadium Road. She also said in her letter, that in 2018, this company claimed that it was the owner of the western drainage canal and reserve which runs north to south from Mocha Road to Stadium Road. According to her, the residents of the area learnt that the company planned to fill up the canal which separates their neighbourhood from the company’s land. She also said that the company planned to build a 10-foot fence parallel to their backyard fence, and construct a four-foot concrete drain. Bulkan did not name the company but Stabroek News later found out that it was Unicom.