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The THD has rendered us dependent on guess work as how to make travel arrangements with our vehicles

Jan 27, 2013 Letters

DEAR EDITOR,
We the residents, vehicle owners and businessmen of Wakenaam wish to draw the public’s attention to a problem with the Transport & Harbours Department (THD) which is now becoming intolerable.
The THD has rendered us dependent on guess work as how to make travel arrangements with our vehicles and also passengers from Wakenaam to Parika and vice versa.
Although we have voiced our opinions and made representations on numerous occasions our voices have fallen on deaf ears.
We are now seeking an urgent redress to this intolerable situation.
Our major concerns are:
a. When the M.V Malali leaves Wakenaam on the midnight schedule, it, on most occasions goes to Leguan and waits until 6:30 hours.
Why do the vehicles and passengers have to go to Leguan and wait until 6: 30 hours, when we had boarded the vessel at midnight? This we consider intolerable.
b. The M.V Malali also does this (above) on the 5:00 hours and 6:00 hours departure from Wakenaam. When we arrive at Parika at around 9:00 or 10:00 hours, how is it possible to travel (drive) to Georgetown and return after conducting our business, which is hardly ever completed, and return in time for a 16:00 hours return ferry. It is really NOT possible.
c. There is no fixed schedule now.
N.B: Last year we had a month to month printed schedule. On many occasions vehicles do not return in this time so the vehicles have to make a booking for the next day’s steamer to Wakenaam. This is costly as many owners of vehicles have no relatives of anyone closely to stay for the night.
d. The majority of persons who would like to use the M.V Malali’s service are forced to use the speed-boat service which is five times as costly and many can ill afford to pay the price of the speed-boat.
e. It now happens that we have to await the arrival of the M.V Malali at Wakenaam to find out from the captain as to when the boat will depart on the next run to Parika. The clerk-in-charge is unable to do this although it is his portfolio.
f. Businesses and services that have been seriously affected are:
1. Availability to medical facility at Suddie
2. GTT services to Wakenaam from E/bo.
3. Police services from Anna Regina to Wakenaam.
4. Guyana water inc. services
5. Banks D.I.H services
6. D.S.L services
7. M.K Baksh (wholesaler and retailer to Wakenaam)
8. Hanoman Bajnauth (fish vendor to Wakenaam)
9. Nato (wholesaler and retailer to Wakenaam)
10. Guyoil services
11. Other individuals who would like to come from E/bo Coast to do business on the island and vice versa.
This inability to cross from one side to the other occurs from Monday to Friday of each week.  We the businessmen and other commuters using the M/VB Malali would very much like to see the situation return to normal where the ferry used to leave from Parika thence to Wakenaam thence to Supenaam and return via the said route to Parika.
Could relevant authorities please take note and kindly assist us to return to normalcy.  We do agree that our travelling public is not comparable with that of the Essequibo Coast but we do need the services and facilities that we used to enjoy before.
Residents of Wakenaam

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