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Victim rebuilds, still awaiting GPL response on compensation
Stabroek Bazaar fire…
Almost three weeks after fire of suspected electrical origin gutted her stall, Chandroutie Dass is still awaiting word from the Guyana Power and Light Company.
Dass told this publication yesterday that a team from the utility company visited her Stabroek Bazaar stall, removed the burnt out meter, and informed her that they will need to do ‘forensic tests’ on it.
The burnt out remains of the stall
Dass said a few days after the fire she was visited by a GPL official and was asked to submit an estimate of her losses and cost to rebuild. However recently when the woman sought to enquire from the company on the issue she was told that the matter of compensation has to be addressed at the company’s board level.
“They tell me that only on the 25th of every month the board does meet and then they will discuss and then they will get back to me. In the meantime they said that they waiting on the results from the investigation.”
Further, Dass said she is frustrated over the fact that she was forced to rebuild and restock on her own but she is still waiting for GPL to reconnect her.
“I have cheese, sausage and other stuff that needs to be stored in a refrigerator and two weeks ago they told me that it would take fourteen days before I could get back the light,”.
Yesterday when this publication visited Dass at her Stall Number 149-152, she was putting in the final touches to her newly rebuilt structure. The woman said she has however kept all the receipts she acquired during her rebuilding process as well as receipts for the goods which she re-stocked.
Around 03:00 hours on Good Friday, Dass, said that she received a telephone call informing her that her business, Stall Number 149-152, was on fire.
The woman said she immediately raced down to the scene but by the time she got there the fire was already out. Upon arrival she noticed dozens of fire fighters at the scene as well as persons who appeared to be working with the Guyana Power and Light Company.
The newly built structure re-stocked with goods
She said that the fire service did a good job at containing the fire since all of the other stalls are very close to each other. The two stalls located on the right and left of Dass’ were merely scorched.
The woman had stated that she and other stall holders in the area made several complaints to the Power Company about a transformer which would spark when it rains or whenever there were high winds.
The woman said it appears as if their complaints fell on deaf ears, since to her knowledge no one ever came to check out the transformer.
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