Dear Editor,
Reference is made to a Stabroek News article captioned “Coverden Residents Pledge to up action against oil waste facility”, on September 1, 2024. This news article stemmed from a community engagement organized by Ms. Audreyanna Thomas on August 30th, 2024.
The owner of PWSI, Mr. Mahendra Jettoo has been actively engaging the residents with the view to educate them about the waste treatment plant and has been taking several persons on a tour of the facility to see first-hand how it operates.
We have come to learn that the residents within the community have been deliberately misled and/or misinformed about the facility. To this end, residents were told that the waste treatment plant was not approved by the relevant authorities, which is utterly false, and we have already addressed this aspect. Thankfully, whatever is Ms. Thomas’s agenda against Mr. Jettoo, she has been failing miserably. In this regard, as reported in the article, only eight residents turned up, out of a population of over 500 persons in that community. We were informed that the persons who were present did not agree with what Ms. Thomas presented to them.
In view of the foregoing, we now wish to bring this matter to closure, and will not engage or respond to Ms. Audreyanna Thomas in the future in respect of this matter. The independent media is welcome to visit the facility for a tour to learn about the operations of the waste treatment plant. An independent view can be formed therefrom.
Sincerely,
Joel Bhagwandin
Management Consultant, PWSI
