Vandals leave several city wards without phone services

Apr 23, 2014 News

The theft of critical feeder cables over the Easter weekend has left thousands of residents in the eastern part of the city without power.
According to the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T), it will take up to five days to repair the damage caused by the act of vandalism.

The damaged cable pipe

Belvoir Court, Bel Air, Prashad Nagar, Sophia, Blygezight and surrounding areas have been affected.
The telephone company, in expressing its regret, said that the vandals targeted the 2400-pair feeder cable of which 15 metres was stolen.
“The damage was severe and thus extensive repairs including civil works would be necessary. It is expected that repairs would be completed within 4-5 days and services fully restored.”
The company complained that such acts of vandalism continue to affect the roll-out of services nationally, since resources have to be diverted from scheduled works.
“Community welfare and security are also affected. GT&T expresses its regret for the inconvenience caused and reiterates its call for communities to be vigilant for persons who set out to destroy such vital communication infrastructure and to report such acts to the police and to GT&T’s vandalism hotline 0908.”
The company has been battling vandals who are after the expensive cables which are invariably sold to scrap metal dealers for export.