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Apr 19, 2015 News
Residents of a large section of Number 28 Village, West Coast Berbice are at their wits end over not having a supply of potable water for the past months. Most heavily affected are residents in Carmichael Street, Housing Scheme.
The area is being supplied by the well station at Kingelly, WCB.
Genera Harewood complained that in the past the water pressure being extremely low on a regular basis, now there is no water.
Another problem in the area is that the frequent blackouts interrupt the operation at the well station. Another resident, Wayne Wallerson said that the Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) and Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) are playing the blame game.
Wallerson is of the opinion that a large pump was removed from Kingelly—the neighbouring village— and it was replaced with a smaller pump. “Apparently it cannot push the water into this scheme and other low lying areas.” He last received potable water in February.
He said that several visits and complaints to the Regional Chairman, Bindraban Bisnauth, proved futile. “He promised to look into it, but nothing.”
Residents took it upon themselves to dig under a pipeline so that they can access water at the lowest level.
A furious Stacey Wallerson accused the administration of discrimination, since residents of neighbouring villages are getting water into their backlands. She claims those residents are watering vegetation and plants with it.
“Right now we have a sore issue with this water!” The woman said that living way down into the village proves to be a disadvantage to her and family since the water distribution is at its lowest and poorest there. “I have children that have to go to school in the morning and they cannot get water to bathe!”
“I don’t know if we (are) going back in the days—because they have this political affair right now in the air! I want to know if we the smaller people—if we don’t have a voice.”
Several efforts to contact GWI and Bisnauth yesterday, proved futile.
THIS IDIOT TELLING GUYANA WE HAVE NO SAY IN THE 50% PROFIT SHARING AGREEMENT WE HAVE WITH EXXON.
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