Latest update April 4th, 2025 6:13 AM
Sandvoort residents accuse government, GT&T of neglect
…telephones not working for over three years
While most Guyanese were relaxing at home and enjoying the Christmas season, residents of Sandvoort Village, West Canje Berbice were contemplating what wrong they might have done to be neglected by the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company and the government.
And this neglect came despite their many pleas to all the relevant authorities.
Almost half of the telephones in the village are not working, some for more than three years. They said that their many complaints to all of the relevant authorities at the Telephone company and the government, including Prime Minister Samuel Hinds, have brought them no reprieve.
Blind resident, Eustace Hinds, 74, who has lived his entire life in Sandvoort, said that the situation is bad enough. His phone has been giving problems for the longest while. It has been working on and off for a few years but stopped working last August.
He said that he has made numerous complaints to GT&T. He even sent his children and many relatives to remind the company of their obligation and promise.
Hinds stated that he was promised that his phone would have been fixed before Christmas, then New Year. That has not been the case.
“The company only promising, promising,” Hinds stated.
Mr. Hinds said that he has many relatives overseas and in other parts of the country who would usually call during the Christmas season. Nobody can communicate, he said.
Telephones were installed in the village in the mid 90s, but the situation has never been so bad with about half of the phones not working.
He also said that the government had promised then to fix the streets in the village, but that again is only promises. He said that the water pressure is not like before and is also discolored.
Leon Thomas said that his phone has been crossed for over one year. It stopped working permanently since September.
A number of other residents, among them Faye Munroe, Palton Austin, Vanessa Cadogan, Janette Keweley, George Hintzen and Phillip John have different issues with their phones and most of them haven’t had the use of the instruments for over two years.
What is more heart rending for the residents is that they are still being sent bills to pay the monthly rentals. The Sandvoort Health Centre and the Sandvoort Primary School and Library are also without telephone service.
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