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“Mash garbage” being dumped on Princes Street
Tons of garbage that were supposed to be taken to the official Haags Bosch landfill site at Eccles, is now being dumped in the compound of the Stone Depot on Princes Street, Georgetown.
The mountainous pile of garbage consists of materials that were left behind in the aftermath of the recently concluded Mashramani celebrations.
Just a section of the mountainous pile of garbage dumped at Stone Depot on Princes Street.
Kaieteur News visited the Stone Depot compound yesterday, and the people who work there, were not too pleased with the condition of their worksite.
Apart from the flies and mosquitoes that now swarm their working area, the men and women who fall under the employment of the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) are also left to deal with the stench of the unsightly build up of garbage.
“We can’t continue like this. We are people, and this thing that dey got we in here is very unhealthy,” one man said.
“It gat suh much truck and tractor loads coming in here and dumping garbage, that it hard to keep track of it,” another worker added.
The workers are also at another discomfort, as a number of dead dogs tied in bags were dumped in the canal just outside the compound, in close proximity to its gate.
“Right outside by the gate, next to the bridge the thing deh, and it stink. When yuh think yuh could escape the smell in here, yuh can’t even go by the gate and lime, because the smell out deh worse,” a worker told this newspaper yesterday.
The man said that the workers are all annoyed, especially since they have no one to complain to.
“It look like this compound is the eye pass compound. People bringing all dem unwanted things and dey dumpin’ it here, and I think is about time we put a stop to it,” the worker said.
According to the M&CC employees, a couple of them had approached the supervisor of the Stone Depot with their complaints. However the workers said that the boss responded that the garbage will soon be burnt.
“How dey can burn garbage in this environment, eh? This ain’t right. Look at this pile, and it deh right up to the buildings now, so I don’t understand wha gon happen to we if dey burn it right here.” Something got to be done. Almost two weeks now we suffering with this thing, and with how terrible this thing is, somebody might end up falling sick,” an employee said.
The man explained that a few years ago, garbage used to be buried aback of the Stone Depot compound, and that this did not cause any inconvenience to the people working there.
“I guess we could live with dem burying it here, but why dey ga do that when we got the dumpsite up the East Bank (Demerara)? We does maintain that place, and dey still dumping here. This eye pass got to stop,” the Stone Depot worker stressed.
Meanwhile, Kaieteur News made several attempts to get a comment from officials of City Hall to ascertain why the garbage isn’t being transported to Haags Bosch. However, these proved futile.
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