Two years and five months after a crane crashed into the city’s abattoir on Water Street, no slaughtering is occurring there and this has severely inconvenienced butchers and citizens.
The main activity occurring at the abattoir now is the inspection and stamping of slaughtered meat. Butcher shops around Georgetown now have to go to abattoirs at Diamond on the East Bank of Demerara; Plaisance, East Coast Demerara and Blankenburg, West Coast Demerara to have animals slaughtered. Thereafter, they must travel to Water Street to have the meat inspected and stamped. This process is time-consuming and costly.