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A certain ‘development’ taking place in the Plaisance/Industry area

Aug 05, 2008 Letters

DEAR EDITOR,
In an era where very real fears exist regarding a repeat of the great flood of 2005, which saw Guyana’s coastlands inundated by water, it is amazing to see our waterways being routinely neglected.

In some cases, the life is sucked out of them, paving the way for entrepreneurship of a kind that is surely baffling, and ones that are not at all in keeping with environmental and developmental norms.

A case in point is the waterway/trench just off the railway embankment in the village of Plaisance, between Prince William Street and Better Hope.

Over the past month or so, so-called ‘developers’ have cleared half of the trench, and have proceeded to fill the cleared half with truckloads of sand, to the point where the road (really an earthen dam) that runs alongside the trench is on the same level as the sand-filled area.

Residents in the area (which during the flood was deemed one of the several ‘basins’ on the East Coast Demerara) have heard rumours of the construction of a ‘car wash’, but nothing official has been said to them since the‘ developments began.

Ironically, the community’s Village Office sits at the head of the street overlooking the hapless waterway.

I read a rather revealing piece in the SN over the weekend, where the Chairman of the Industry/Plaisance Neighbourhood Democratic Council said that permission for the ‘development’ did not come from his office, and that he had “learnt that permission came from higher authorities.”

In making the assumption that one of the duties of the NDC is to protect and ensure the welfare of the village, I find this entire scenario very troubling.

Are trenches and parapets now being sold to the highest bidder? Has a feasibility study been completed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to determine the environmental impact?

Have those whose permission was sought and given for this construction taken into account the drainage, aesthetic and social changes that a ‘car wash’ will ultimately bring?

Already, the ears of residents within the immediate environs of the project are assaulted by the foul-mouthed youths who are employed by the developer(s).

I cringe each time I pass the new ‘development,’ and pray for the good people of the area.
Resident of Plaisance

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