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Aug 31, 2009 News
On a visit back home for a funeral Ishwer Prasad, a US-based Guyanese witnessed first hand the deplorable state of his home community, Wakenaam.
The more serious issue at hand is that of the lack of street lights along the roadways on the Essequibo Island.
In an interview with Kaieteur News, Prasad told reporters that after dark, the streets are pitch-black, that the residents and visitors to the community are too terrified to traverse the dark lonely streets.
This, he added, is not only an inconvenience to those in the community, but also a security risk that the residents are forced to live with.
Prasad and some 30 others came into the country to attend a cremation held at the newly constructed cremation site on the island, and were met with these living conditions.
Kaieteur News understands that in order to move around at nights, residents are required to use flash lights.
Prasad told this newspaper that he was told by a member of the Regional Committee of Wakenaam that he (the member of the Regional Committee) is concerned with the costs that would come with the street lights, and that the issue “was mentioned a number of times to the Ministry.”
Prasad described the Wakenaam politicians as lazy, uncaring and unconcerned, pointing out that the neighbouring island of Leguan was ‘powered’ after Wakenaam but have received street lamps.
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