No end to a noise nuisance

Dec 19, 2012 Letters

Dear Editor,
This letter serves to bring a cruel situation to the attention of the authorities responsible for maintaining and safeguarding the rights of Guyanese. It is truly disturbing to observe the number of letters and complaints appearing in the daily media regarding noise nuisance.
More and more persons are afflicted by this noise and ironically, it seems as though our cries are falling on deaf ears.
Two popular Hotel Bar and Discos at Charity right under the nose of the Charity Police Station, the Roman Catholic Church and a short distance from the Charity Cottage hospital, are sources of unrelenting pounding loud noise.
On holidays, permission is given to persons to hold open air functions on the car park tarmac and this adds more thunderous noise in Charity. It is difficult to comprehend how the responsible authorities could give permission to hold open air functions with large music boxes so close to the church and hospital with other residents living so close to these places.
As if the constant banging of loud music is not enough, you have private cars with powerful music boxes that will play their music anytime of the day or night. These people have no respect for the residents in this area and their right to a quiet atmosphere.
It appears that the owners and workers at these locations are now deaf and too damaged to even comprehend the agony faced by residents on a daily basis. We are sure that certain laws are in place for dealing with such activities. The business places should be made to soundproof and the authorities should be enforcing the laws of Guyana.
How permission was granted to conduct such activities in an area where a church and a hospital is close to these discos is beyond us. Legislation against noise nuisance should be enforced so that persons suffering can have some semblance of quiet in their environment.
Numerous complaints were made to the Charity Police Station, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Charity Urasara Neighbourhood Democratic Council. So far, the noise continues. Apparently, the noisemakers are above the law or the constant stream of complaints is not serious enough for the authorities to act on.
It is not just frustrating and irritating, but very unhealthy for us to be exposed to this nuisance. Some of us have members of our families suffering with various illnesses and the noise is definitely a detriment to the improvement of their health. When there is the loud noise we cannot have our rest constitutionally due to us and others.
It is totally unfair for hardworking law abiding citizens to be persistently harassed by this issue. The elderly, children and homeowners are forced to endure this abhorrent hammering and pounding without any satisfactory measures taken by those in charge to alleviate their anguish. Don’t we have right to peace and comfort in our homes anymore? When will this lawless and irresponsible behaviour stop?
We hope the authorities finally act on their duties to protect sufferers of this form of mental torture. Our suggestion to take care of this lawlessness is to give the police the power to prosecute these lawbreakers under the Environmental Noise Management Regulation Act 2000.
This Act empowers the police to make use of noise measuring instruments which we are willing to subscribe to.
Residents of Charity

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