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Barticians pursue clean-up drive
Scores of Barticians, local businesses, the Mazaruni Prison, the Regional Administration and the Health Department, and the Lions Club organisation braved the inclement weather on Sunday and joined in the
countrywide clean-up effort.
Some drains were already de-silted and weeded. The waste was heaped in garbage bags waiting to be picked up. Workers were also weeding some public buildings and in the vicinity of the beach.
Regional Chairman Gordon Bradford said that between the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) and the Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC), tractors and trailers, and trucks and bobcats were made available to assist in the drive.
He said that the Administration will be engaging the residents and encouraging more clean-up initiatives “because we can clean every day, but if the attitude of residents does not change, we will have to clean everyday”. He expressed optimism that this move will not be a one-off cleaning and that persons will be properly sensitised regarding the sanitation of their environment. He said that generally the feeling is encouraging and the initiative is catching on. The Chairman said that the Administration will be taking the message across the Region because most of the waste that ends up in rivers is being deposited from the riverain communities.
Mining, he said, which the Region solely depends on is drifting slowly, and tourism is now a viable alternative to move the Region forward; hence the environment needs to be kept clean.
Meanwhile, Minister in the Ministry of Social Protection, Simona Bromes, who inspected the work, said that this is a demonstration of how changes filter down, because “all over the country one can see how persons and organisations have been coming out in their numbers to take part in this clean- up.”
She lauded the efforts of Barticians, noting that it is something that can be built upon in order to ensure continuous maintenance of the environment. “I’m looking to see the kind of changes. We await Local Government Elections because our villages need to be placed in the hands of leaders who will take care of our villages so we can maintain the work that has started here,” Minister Broomes emphasised.
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