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Aug 05, 2013 News
Residents of a section of Mon Repos and their overseas guests are livid with the area’s Neighbourhood Democratic Council for allowing vendors of poultry to dump their waste in close proximity to their homes.
The residents claimed that the stench emanating from the dumpsite is often unbearable and coupled with the flies that it attracts and which eventually make their way into their homes, the situation is a health disaster in the making.
Poultry vendors at the Mon Repos Roadside Market on the East Coast of Demerara are allowed to slaughter their animals on site, the remains of which they dump at the back of the tarmac, a few feet from the homes of residents and in one case in front of a major business establishment.
Sometimes the waste is left for days before it is removed by employees of the NDC sanitation crew, much to the disgust of those affected.
“You see from Saturday afternoon to Sunday afternoon, you can’t even come out onto your verandah. You have to lock up all your windows and by the place is hot now, it is unbearable,” one resident complained.
Attempts to burn the waste only resulted in additional hardship, since the smoke invariably gets into the nearby homes.
“These people who sell here and dump their chicken guts and feathers here don’t have to live through this,” one resident told this newspaper.
The resident noted that repeated appeals to the NDC have apparently fallen on deaf ears.
One overseas visitor said that he was forced to cut short his vacation after having to relocate from the premises that he was originally scheduled to stay.
“Honestly, I can’ believe that people are forced to live like this. This place (Guyana) is a real turn off. When we thought of coming to relax in our homeland, we are forced into an existence like animals. The stench and sight are really a turn off,” the New York based Guyanese told this newspaper.
He said that for the government to insist that they want the tourism industry to grow and not focus on cleaning up the environment is a “big joke”.
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