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THE CHILDREN ARE NOW HOME EARLIER

Aug 04, 2015 Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom

I have been asked by some parents to express their support to the new government for the two a.m. closing time for bars, pubs and discos. The parents have asked me to convey their appreciation to the Minister of Public Security.
These parents are now able to sleep better because they no longer have to wait up, not knowing when their children will be coming home. They now are certain that with all the bars closed their children will not be partying right into sunrise the next day but will return home early. This allows the parents to sleep better.
It is a good measure so long as it is sustained. There is going to be some pressure applied for the government to flex the present regulation.
Experience has shown, however, that once the government begins to be flexible, problems arise. The very laws which the government is trying to implement fall into misuse. There should therefore be no compromising with this new law.
One of the concerns is whether the law can be effectively monitored. There are far too many watering holes in this country for the police to effectively monitor. So far the bars, pubs and discos have been cooperating.
The system is working smoothly and the streets are deserted by 3 a.m. But there will come a time when some businesses are going to attempt to take advantage of the situation. This is why the police need support in monitoring the new regulation. They should ask some community organizations to monitor what is going on, because there are so many watering holes in the country that it would be hard for the police to monitor.
Another set of parents have asked me to raise another concern. They want to know what has happened to the massive clean-up campaign that was being undertaken by citizens and businesses. It has seemed as if those efforts were washed down the drain by the last flood, which seriously questioned whether such campaigns can make any meaningful impact on the drainage of the country.
There were parts of the Forty Feet Canal which yesterday were becoming dry. But what was shocking to discover was not just that the Forty Feet Canal could become dry. What was surprising was that the depth of the canal in most places is no more than two feet deep.
That Canal used to be ten times that depth. It was deep and it was frightening to fall into that canal back in the day. If you did not know to swim and you fell into that canal, you could drown because the canal was very deep.  It is now shallow.
This entire canal needs to be re-dug. It is no longer as deep as it ought to be, which means that it is not holding enough water like it did before. This is true of most canals. All the cleaning that is taking place is mainly removing weeds with the result that the storage capacity of these drains is not being improved.
The other big problem is that many of the culverts are blocked off. They need clearing. Unless they are cleared, there will be nowhere for water to find itself from the gutters into the main drainage canals. This is the reason why so many areas flood. There is no way for the water to get into the main canal because the culverts are flooded.
Now that the trenches are shallow, a lot of thieves are hiding their loot in these culverts. They break into your home. They know that the streets are quieter now in the early hours of the morning and so they are afraid of being seen by the police with the loot. So some thieves are hiding their loot in the tubes that are used as culverts.
The police should check these culverts regularly. Who knows what else they will find stuck in these culverts.

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