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Jan 08, 2011 News
Residents of Good Hope, East Coast Demerara, are peeved at what they describe as neglect by the Neighbourhood Democratic Council and the other relevant authorities responsible for maintaining the roads, drainage and surrounding areas of the village.
According to residents, the entrance into Good Hope is filled with many ‘craters’. Taxis working in the area are “charging $400 just to drop anybody inside. They say they road breaking up they cars that’s why de fare so high.”
It was also underscored that there is a serious problem with the drainage and irrigation in the area which causes flooding whenever there is any amount of rainfall, “people don’t have any back drains in day yard so there is no proper drainage.”
Other issues raised were the huge clumps of bush in the area and the garbage that is being dumped in the nearby canal.
“The bush, when you coming in, so big that bandits can be hiding inside to pounce on you when you coming in at night. When something happen then you gun see something being done.”
“The chairman of the NDC does nothing much in the area because he passes the garbage every morning, and does nothing to stop persons from dumping in the canal. They just throw some loam on the road and water wash it away as soon as rain fall.” One resident said.
When this newspaper tried contacting the Better Hope NDC it failed.
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