Latest update December 23rd, 2024 3:40 AM
City court staffers join in clean-up efforts
Staffers playing their part in the clean up initiative
The transformation of Georgetown is well underway and staffers of the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court spent part of their weekend pitching in on the cleanup efforts that has gripped the entire city.
Normally, a visit to the city court would reveal clerks decked in formal outfits scurrying from courtroom to courtroom or even seated quietly beside a Magistrate as matters are being heard.
But yesterday, a team of about 15 staffers, including clerks, donned gloves, hats and long boots. They broke into smaller groups and spread across the Croal Street and Avenue of the Republic edifice, picking up trash, including food boxes and plastic bottles.
They removed the weeds in the trench and cleared the drains of the garbage pile up. By afternoon, the area was relatively transformed.
Leading the team was Clerk of Court, Sharon Correia who told this publication that the clean up activity was organised by her and her staffers over the last few days.
“We’re trying to do as much as we can today (yesterday), then we will see what more needs to be done and then we will take it from there,” she said. Correia said it was a spur of the moment activity, a spin-off from the clean up frenzy that has gripped the city.
Clearing the drains!
“Everybody is cleaning up so we decided to join in and clean our area,” Correia said. Chiming in, one of the clerks, Jason, said that the intent was to restore Georgetown to its former glory. He said “If we do it, others persons would also do it.”
Correia expressed hope that staffers of other state agencies would also play their part rather than waiting on others to do it.
The Clerk of Court said too that she will be seeking to have law enforcement officers that are usually around the court area be more vigilant when it comes to littering around the courthouse.
She noted that the drains surrounding the court were filled with mostly Styrofoam boxes and plastic bottles. “I was hoping they would put the ban on the Styrofoam. We’ve been hearing that for years but I’m hoping something is done now. The styrofoam boxes made up about 90% of the garbage, with plastic bottles coming in second,” she added.
“We are hoping that if the area is clean, they wouldn’t want to throw away garbage because persons will notice them when they throw it,” she said, adding that it would not only discourage them but also make it easier to recognise who the perpetrators really are.
“Persons are using these areas here as their personal toilets as well,” she said as she expressed hope for that to change.
The clean up commenced at 10:00 hours yesterday. When Kaieteur News visited the drains surrounding the area they were void of the many pieces of garbage that had become a feature.
Correia expressed appreciation to her staffers who willingly participated. According to her, the materials used in the activity were donated by her and the other staffers.
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