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Massive pothole leaves elderly Bare Roots man with broken arm
Residents of Bare Roots, East Coast of Demerara, are now even more concerned about the deplorable state of their community’s access road, after an elderly man rode into a pothole, sustained injuries and was subsequently hospitalised.
One resident, Mary Jainarine, who has lived in the area for over two decades, said that the road which was constructed about two to three years ago replaced a “red sand road”. She explained that as an abundance of heavy duty trucks and machinery traversed the area, the road began to develop potholes which grew bigger within months.
The elderly man rode into one of these potholes.
Jainarine said that two days ago, the elderly man, who was riding his bicycle, had to be rushed to the hospital after he suffered a broken arm after falling into one of the massive potholes. The concerned woman noted that he is just one of the many persons who suffered injuries as a consequence of the craters.
“Wheh it deh right now in that state is terrible and it affecting everybody, including the children who can’t even play when the afternoon come. Parents scared for the life of their kids because you now have to wonder if a li’l one gon fall in and drown how deep dem holes be.”
Jainarine added that many women relocate during their advanced stages of pregnancy due to the fact that transportation no longer goes into the community.
She said that many residents who live further in have to walk almost “a mile” to get to another road in Enterprise to acquire transportation to go about their daily duties.
Another resident, who declined to mention his name, said that he was “irate” about the issue after word got around that in neighbouring villages such as Coldingen and Section ‘C’ Enterprise, work had already been started on a new road.
“I don’t understand why they doing this to us, I don’t even consider that a road no more. All the money dem spending on tourism and building more hotels, let dem focus pon de living conditions of people,” the man said.
Meanwhile, when this publication made a visit to Coldingen, almost complete work was visible on the access road, with more sections still to be attended to. However at Track ‘Z’ Non Pareil, which is said to be a GuySuCo reserved land, residents complained about their road and the garbage which piles up at the entrance to the community.
Jailall Changua, a resident, said that the community’s “red sand road” has been in a deplorable state for the past 10 years with no visits from any representative from the Ministry of Public Works or Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC).
Changua added that neighbouring communities recently started to “dump their garbage at the head of road” and this has developed an unbearable stench.
“Apart from de rubbish, de bush dem growing high in the area and nobody ain’t coming to cut it down. Some of us as concerned parents have to go out and make sure our children reach home safe,” Changua said.
He added that the NDC Chairman visited the area last year and promised villagers that he would meet with the relevant authorities to have the issue rectified. This promise, however, came to no avail, after months passed as the situation went from “bad to worse”.
When efforts were made to contact the NDC Chairman it was related by a staffer of his office that he was out for the entire day.
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