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Suspected hit-and-run leaves UG, environs without telephone, internet services
Approximately 800 customers in the lower East Coast Demerara area are without telephone service as a result of extensive damage done to a cabinet facility of the Guyana Telephone and Telephone Company (GT&T).
The severely damaged cabinet.
This cabinet is located at the junction of the University Of Guyana road and the railway embankment.
“GT&T has been unable to ascertain the details of the cause of the damage to the cabinet which houses telephone cables but surmises that it may have resulted from a ‘hit and run’ accident.”
The areas and institutions affected included Liliendaal, Turkeyen, University Gardens, Sophia and the University of Guyana Campus.
GT&T insisted that the site of the damaged facility was inspected on May 31, by its engineers and security personnel.
“The damage has been assessed as extensive and will require major civil works. While the company is unable to release a restoration timeframe, the engineering review and design for emergency restoration is in progress.”
The telephone company said that the type and extent of damage to the cabinet is the second such within recent times, the other occurring at the junction of Main and Middle Street in March 2015.
“We again appeal to the public to report acts of vandalism by calling our confidential hotline number 0908. A significant reward is offered for information leading to the arrest of persons involved.”
GT&T said that the disruption of communication facilities can have a major adverse effect on the security, economic and social life of all citizens.”
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