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Apr 07, 2010 News
While President Bharrat Jagdeo as well as several other officials and Heads of State are fighting to have countries not cut their trees and further be paid for its service, some residents of Samaroo Dam at Poudereyen West Bank Demerara yesterday clashed with their Regional Chairman to have one specific tree felled.
When this newspaper visited the scene yesterday the residents had gathered and were furious that despite several complaints to council officials nothing was being done to address the issue which was clearly a threat to life and limb.
A huge section of the tree fell yesterday at around 09:00hrs and eyewitnesses reported that the large limb missed a passing male resident by a few feet.
So large and heavy was the section of the tree that fell that it completely blocked the road for a greater part of the working day and almost brought down two utility poles in the process.
The wires attached to the poles were also damaged.
As the residents explained their predicament, this newspaper learnt that this is not the first time that the tree has caused damage, as two years ago it had damaged a house when a chunk had come crashing down.
The fuming residents explained that earlier in the day, whilst a fire tender was there to put out flames atop a utility pole, the person employed by the Neighbourhood Democratic Council to cut into chunks of the large limb that was strewn across the road refused to help the residents, although the fire service ladders were being made available to assist in cutting the remaining limbs that were hanging precariously.
“He say that he come fuh cut de limb on the road and dat is all.”
As the fuming residents insisted that the roadway would not be cleared until the officials agreed to cut down the tree, Regional Chairman Julius Faerber had to intervene.
When Faerber arrived on the scene, the residents insisted that he arrange for the entire tree to be cut down, but an initial hiccup surfaced, as it was not clear as to whether the tree was on reserve land or on private property.
To compound the situation further, the person believed to be the owner of the land that the tree was on is out of the country.
The regional Chairman eventually agreed that the tree posed a significant threat and instructed that it be cut down.
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