Latest update November 21st, 2024 1:00 AM
Three charged for illegal dumping in Region Three
To address the issue of illegal dumping in Region Three, Essequibo Islands/West
A team removing roadside garbage pile in Zeelugt, WCD.
Demerara, the Regional Democratic Council has taken stringent measures to counteract the crisis of illegal dumping across the Region.
This includes prosecuting persons who are caught dumping at road corners and in and along drainage systems.
According to Regional Chairman, Julius Faerber, there are lots of illegal garbage piles around the Region which are “very unsightly”. Faerber stated that recently, through an intervention by the Regional Office, three persons were charged and placed before the court for dumping along the Crane Embankment Road.
The number of a motor lorry which would habitually dump refuse in the area was recorded and taken to the Vreed-en-Hoop Police Station. The lorry was tracked and subsequently, the culprits were arrested and placed before the court where they were required to pay a fine.
Faerber said that communities are monitored on a daily basis by Environmental Health Officers (EHO) and/or by Environmental Health Assistants (EHA). “Should anyone be found littering, the EHO has the mandate to take that person to court on behalf of the Regional Democratic Council (RDC),” the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development said yesterday.
Meanwhile, this week, the Clean-up My Country Regional Community Bulk Waste Removal Programme, conducted a community clean-up exercise with all fourteen Neighbourhood Democratic Councils (NDCs) of Region Three, to remove illegal garbage piles and bulk waste from residents in the communities.
During the clean-up exercise, several parapets along the West Coast of Demerara were found littered with garbage. On Zeelugt Public Road, a team of Community Workers under the national clean-up programme, took close to two hours to remove a pile of garbage which some residents said was created by persons from within the area.
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