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Jun 17, 2017 Letters
Dear Editor,
Since His Excellency, President David A Granger was sworn in 2015, he has been advocating for Guyana to push for a green state. Somehow, I believe that “Her worship and the King” might have misunderstood what he meant. It’s no doubt that the city has improved immensely since the new administration; however, this is not entirely owing to city hall.
City Hall continues to fail on many fronts and there seems to be no real plans to rectify the situation or at least, get on the ‘green’ train. The latest of these trends that continue to baffle me is the continued allowance of horse drawn carriages to use the roads in the city without a manure bag in place on the animal.
Daily, the trails of horse droppings continue to plague our streets. It is my firm belief, that if we want to continue the push for a clean city, this situation needs to be urgently addressed.
I wish to make it clear, I am by no means encouraging City Hall to implement any additional taxes or fines on these hard working men and women who engage in this business; I am simply making a case for improvement.
Before penning this letter, I have scanned the pages of the local government act (chapter 28:01) and the motor and vehicles road act (chapter 51:02) to ascertain whether or not there are regulations in place for such road users.
Both times I came up empty, maybe my non-legal mind and eyes are not sharp enough to spot or interpret any such laws. However, I did come across such regulations whilst researching other countries, for example the Melbourne codes of practice for horse drawn carriages section 3.2 states “Permit holders must ensure manure bags are fitted to all horses. Horse manure bags must be securely and properly fitted to horses to ensure that all dispelled waste is effectively captured at all times. Manure bags must be regularly emptied and collected to prevent spillage. Drivers must carry appropriate equipment such as disposal bags, shovels, disinfectant and clean water to ensure that any waste is cleaned up immediately” maybe we can begin consultations to implement same.
It is unwelcoming and unpleasant to be faced with long streaks of fresh horse droppings on our otherwise clean roads. This is unhygienic as it is unhealthy for children and others who may come into contact with it. In concluding these thoughts, I urge and plead with her worship and the ‘king’ to look into this matter and get on the ‘green’ train rather than mainly focusing on the disposal of human waste which apparently attracts hefty toilet fees.
Kelvin Bovell
Please share this to every Guyanese including your house cats.
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