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Feb 08, 2009 News
In amplifying its call for citizens to desist from littering the environment, the Mayor and City Council of Georgetown (M&CC) has already, for this year, successfully prosecuted a number of persons.
In fact, according to the municipality’s Public Relations Officer Royston King, the municipality has opted to intensify its anti-litter campaign in the capital city.
And, as part of the intensified action, Weston Hamilton was fined $8,000 or an alternative of eight days in jail.
Hamilton, according to King, was unable to pay the fine and was locked up for the period imposed.
Additionally, Adrian Carew was fined $7,000 for littering, and Shazim Mohamed was fined $5,000 for the same offence, while Mark Chester and Clive Williams were each fined $2,000.
The unlawful act of littering could warrant fines as high as $10,000, thus the municipality is urging citizens to dispose of all waste in the proper manner.
“The Council expresses dissatisfaction that some persons continue to deface and pollute the environment in spite of the best efforts made by the municipality. The Council is calling on litterbugs to change their ways and assist the Council to keep the place clean and tidy.”
King has underscored that the Council, through its Public Relations Division, will embark on an intense education programme to encourage citizens to treat the environment with respect.
However, according to the municipal officer, “Those who are bent on breaking the laws will be arrested and placed before the courts.”
Meanwhile, the Constabulary Department of the municipality has started a campaign to remove encumbrances from City pavements and thoroughfares. This move, according to King, would also impact the operations of street vendors. The objective is to enforce the appropriate by-laws.
The by-laws stipulate that: “It shall not be lawful for any person to carry on a pavement or foot-path receptacle containing fish or greasy articles, or any bundle of wood, or other article likely to incommode any other person in using a pavement or foot-path, nor shall it be lawful for any person to ride or lead any animal or ride or wheel a bicycle or drive a vehicle or push any hand-truck, wheelbarrow or other vehicle other than a perambulator containing a child along a pavement or foot-path, or throw any dirty water or other fluid, fruit skins, seeds or other refuse on a pavement or foot-path.
“No person shall leave, place, or store, or cause to be left, placed, or stored, any vehicle, cart, dray, barrel, box, dust-bin, tree trunk, branch, limb, or other thing upon any street, parapet, pavement, or foot-path, or in any other way encumber any street, parapet or pavement with any vehicle, cart, barrel, box, dust-bin or other thing.”
According to King, the operations of some street vendors have been affecting the drainage system in sections of the city, since they continue to leave piles of garbage on the pavements and thoroughfare.
He disclosed that vendors along Regent Street, parts of Robb Street and other sections of the city are being urged to support the work of the municipality to improve the condition of Georgetown.
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