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Den Amstel residents furious about living standards
“Chairman does nothing but sit in his office” – resident
By Javone Vickerie,
“We suffer here in Den Amstel and no one cares…Why we have to live like this? We aren’t squatting,” said some residents of Den Amstel on Monday.
The Garbage which is dumped behind the community centre ground and into the yard of the resident.
The residents are irate about a number of issues which affect them as a community. These issues have been brought to the knowledge of the Regional Chairman.
Reseda Geoffrey said that she has been residing in the area for the past 20 years and has seen the community go from bad to worst over the years. “Is like they don’t care. Everybody got their agenda and they go along with it. Roads bad, the sea defence caving in pon us and the chairman does nothing but hold meetings,” Geoffrey said. She added that to the concern of a recent koker that malfunctioned and caused the entire community to flood.
The woman said that the community held a meeting last year. The issue of the undermined sea defence and the koker were foremost. The koker needed immediate rehabilitation.
It was however promised that the matter would be looked into. Nothing has happened.
She added that other kokers along the shoreline are equipped with lights, but koker attendants have to risk their lives in the dark. “Them ain’t gon done till somebody get rob or kill; there is no light not even a torch light for them to see when the night come,” Geoffrey said.
Another resident who lives on Sidney Isaacs Street said that about two months ago workers came and dug up a large section of the sea defence in close proximity to the koker.
Marva Richards said that after two pipes were installed into the ground the location was then left without further work. Richards added that they were never told why the pipes were placed there in the first place or when the construction would be over.
And a utility pole is also a source of concern. The post is leaning and there are wires hanging about six feet off the ground.
The pole is said to have leaned even further when the area was flooded.
The damaged pipes which were installed and abandoned.
Many reports were made to the Guyana Power and Light to have the pole fixed but no one from the company has come.
Residents fear that the live wires which are hanging will one day cause a catastrophe.
Another issue raised by a resident of the Sidney Isaacs Street was the constant dumping of garbage in her yard. This garbage comes from the community centre ground.
The garbage dumping is as a result of many events being held at the ground.
When Kaieteur News visited the yard, plastic bottles and Styrofoam boxes were littered at the back of the yard close to the fence.
District Chairman George Nedd could not be reached for a comment on the issue.
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