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City Hall soliciting further revamping support
With the election of a new Government, the A Partnership for National Unity and Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) Coalition, a number of interesting developments have been unfolding.
M&CC Public Relations Officer, Mr Royston King
Among these is the noticeable support from the private sector towards efforts at restoring the Capital city.
Formerly referred to as the Garden City, Georgetown over the years has been tagged with a less than flattering moniker – the Garbage City – which essentially is self explanatory.
But according to information emanating from the Georgetown Mayor and City Council (City Hall) yesterday, this state of affairs seems to be embracing a reversing trend.
This has been attributed to the already tremendous level of support that has been forthcoming in less than a week to address the state of the city.
And the M&CC has not failed to express its gratitude for the support from entities such as B.K. International, members of the private sector and other stakeholders for using their equipment and other necessary resources to assist with critical drainage works in the city.
A statement from M&CC Public Relations Officer, Royston King, noted that “these works are vital to the health and development of the capital.”
He went on to point out that citizens are all too familiar with the fact that for more than 15 years the Council was starved of funds and other resources to get on with its work.
King recounted too that efforts to raise revenue to enhance the municipality’s coffers were met with stubborn resistance by the previous administration. The outcome was that the M&CC’s capacity and ability to perform even basic municipal services were retarded.
“One critical area in which this is very evident is drainage,” outlined King as he pointed out that a substantial percentage of city drains are clogged with overgrowth and other hindrances, thereby restricting the flow of storm water through these channels. As a result, he added that many sections of the city have consistently experienced overtopping whenever there are heavy rains.
Citizens, according to him, continue to complain but the City Council remains unable to help, in a real and substantial way. This he asserted is due to the magnitude of the problem and the shallowness of the city treasury which have created a gap that requires urgent interventions such as the one undertaken by the aforementioned support.
As such he admitted that, “this new era of change has ushered in hope, goodwill and enthusiasm on the part of all Guyanese to restore Georgetown to its former glory. Council welcomes this.”
Presently, King highlighted, that the city engineers are reviewing and finalizing arrangements to improve its competencies in this area of its responsibility and to move the city forward by providing efficient and effective municipal services to all local communities.
He is therefore optimistic that others (private sector) will come on board and support this effort to restore and beautify Georgetown and to keep it clean and tidy at all times.
Restoring the city from all indications is listed prominently on the agenda of the newly elected A Partnership for National Unity and Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) Coalition Government.
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