Everything possible has been done for Christmas enjoyment

Dec 24, 2008 Features / Columnists

Tomorrow is one of the days most people in the world look forward to, not least among them, the people of Guyana. Some people save all year round just for this day while others expect some support from relatives and friends overseas. The latter is a tradition because those who left for foreign shores in search of fortune seem to always remember the people back home.
This year has been no different with scores of Guyanese continuing the tradition of helping their relatives and friends enjoy the greatest season of the year. The result is that numerous crates and barrels have arrived into the country and the government, since last year, made clearing such things from the wharves very easy and affordable.
Realizing that poor or not so wealthy people depend on these things, the government allowed a system where the clearing is expeditious and the price very affordable. Indeed there have been those who seek to capitalize on what they consider a loophole but they more often than not fail to succeed in their devious practice.
The government has also done everything in its power to ensure that electricity, a crucial ingredient for the enjoyment of the season, is available. It is paying large sums of money to rent power generating equipment so that the people of this country could do what they enjoy, decorating their homes with myriad lights and Christmas trees.
In these days of electronic items and the continuing increase in their numbers, people need electricity. There are those people who would want to enjoy their music and these are not the days when the radio was battery operated or the gramophone needed a battery.
Television has also come to the country and there is one on almost every home. In addition to playing with their toys, the children would be glued to these instruments watching the various presentations specially packaged for the occasion. The government did its utmost to ensure that these little joys are present.
The government is also heartened by the fact that there has scarcely been a violent crime at this time. In the first instance, there was the deterrent in the form of the ranks of the Guyana Police Force who are patrolling the streets around the clock to ensure that those who scrimped and saved all year round are not deprived of their precious financial resource.
But there were those who were blaming the government for spending money on the police; they were quick to announce that the government should have spent the money in other areas to the neglect of the police. These are the people who are now also being protected. They too have been considered in the government’s plans for the holidays..
Unfortunately, though, some of the people are experiencing conditions that are far from perfect. The rains have come and the water is remaining on the land for longer than usual. This is due to the inability of the various drainage canals removing the water quickly enough. In some cases the inability of these drains to function properly resulted from the indecent behaviour of some of the very affected people who dumped garbage into the waterways.
When this pattern of behaviour was highlighted in the wake of the disastrous floods of 2005, the government not only dug the canals but took pains to let the people know that they had compromised the drains and canals and that should they continue to do so then they would always lose property and assets to the floods.
It must be that the people have ignored this plea because even now as the waterways seem incapable of disposing of the water one can see tons of garbage in them. Regardless of the people’s attitude, however, the government is spending money to provide relief to them. It has acquired fuel-operated pumps and it is ensuring that these pumps run for as long as water remains on the land.
Further, the government is reminding people that the coastland is below sea-level so that whenever the tide rises the water cannot be expelled by gravity flow. The kokers cannot operate and this is where the actions of the government should be recognized. The pumps have been installed and these can operate even when the kokers remain closed.
The people who blame the government must recognize these things and they should give credit where credit is due.

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