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Committee zeroes in on city garbage piles

Oct 25, 2012 News

The listing below illustrates some of the areas within Georgetown that are affected by the garbage pileups in the city. This information is a direct result of the work done by the members of the Implementation Committee along with the City Constabulary Department of the Mayor and City Councillors of Georgetown over the past few weeks.
This will be part of an ongoing exercise.
The monitoring team setup has been going about different strategic areas in Georgetown to ascertain the level of garbage pileup as well as the health risks along with other impeding factors which are as a result of the pileups.
The list below gives an idea of some of the businesses and agencies which are affected on a daily basis.

General Location                                                                                                      Businesses which may be affected by the garbage pileup
Croal Street bet. Longden and Avenue of the Republic (AR)                               Human Service Ministry, Berbice Car Park,
East and Quamina Streets                                                                                                 Sankar’s Auto Supplies, Schools, Halaal Fast Food
America Street bet. Longden and Water Streets                              Sanjay’s Jewelry , Digicel, Fazia’s Fashion, small businesses and a cambio
Regent Street bet. Alexander and Camp Streets                                                            Classic Styles and other small businesses
Stabroek Market Square                                                                                        Salt and Pepper, Quik Serv, Small Businesses, Several Car Parks
Berbice Car Park (General vicinity)                              Small businesses, the Arcade, Churches Chicken, Brusters, Hack’s Halaal Restaurant
Thomas Street bet. Church and Quamina Streets    Ministry of Amerindian Affairs, St. Angela’s Primary School, several small businesses
Regent Street bet. Alexander and Bourda Streets                         Torginal Paint Incorporated, New Fashions and other small businesses
Middle Street bet. East and Cummings Streets                                               Juice Power, several Pharmacies and other small businesses
Light and Sixth Streets                                                                                                               Excel Minerals and other small businesses
North Road and Camp Streets                                                                                                      Candy Corner and other small businesses
Main Street bet. New Market and Lamaha Streets           King’s Plaza Hotel, Ministry of Finance, British High Commission, Rizan’s Photo Studio
Main Street bet. Quamina and Holmes Streets          Courts Guyana Ltd., Ministry of Youth Sports and Culture, New Thriving Restaurant
Middle Road and Punt Trench, Independence Boulevard     Guyana National Printers, Shipping Companies, King Panel, Restaurants and other small businesses

As a result of the above, the Implementation Committee along with the M&CC will be contacting businesses and entities to follow up on these findings.

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