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Who’s responsible for the fire hydrants?
– no one, says Mayor Green
Who’s responsible for the fire hydrants around the city?
Another useless hydrant
No one, according to Georgetown Mayor Hamilton Green.
Mayor Green told Kaieteur News yesterday that it is the government’s responsibility to identify an organization and provide the funds to ensure fire hydrants are functional in a “wooden city” such as Georgetown.
He said that for over six years, as Guyana Water Inc (GWI) was in reform, he repeatedly stressed at all board meetings that the lack of functional fire hydrants in the city needs to be addressed.
“While on the board of directors, I always raised that it is of utmost importance to ensure fire hydrants are operational.
“I supposed they got fed up of me making that important point… I was soon kicked off the board and no member of the council has since been on the board.”
Green disclosed that he had spoken to former President, Bharrat Jagdeo about the resuscitation of fire hydrants but he got no positive response. He said that he also wrote to several other relevant authorities “still nothing…I also sent a letter to the newspapers.”
Green said that the government continues to showcase a “callous and foolish” attitude towards this important issue.
He opined that the fact that the government hasn’t officially assigned any entity to be in charge of hydrants shows that they fail to grasp the importance of having working hydrants.
Commenting on the fact that there are reportedly no working hydrants in the city, Green remarked: “The government’s lack of attention towards this issue is criminal.” The issue of non-functional fire hydrants came to the fore last week when a fire razed four Regent Street stores.
In 2009, several stores went up in flames, while in April this year; another building which housed several stores was destroyed.
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