Latest update February 1st, 2025 4:36 AM
Destruction of road to repair koker makes residents unhappy
Residents of the Little Diamond Squatting Area, East Bank Demerara, are unhappy with a contractor’s approach to carry out repairs to a koker in their village. 
The road that the contractor used to mobilise equipment to carry out repairs to the koker, has now been rendered impassable. Further, the residents are concerned whether the road will be repaired after the koker’s rehabilitation.
Shazam Deen, a resident, said yesterday that on two previous occasions, works were carried out to repair the said koker which would often result in the road being damaged.
Residents, who use the road, had on those previous occasions pooled their resources to fix the road which is also maintained by the residents, Deen said.
He added that it was only three weeks ago that the residents had hired a canter to fetch boulders to fill the holes on the road in anticipation of the rainy season.
Deen said that it is heart-rending to see the road being damaged once again.
While he understands that the koker needs to be fixed, he is irked at the possibility that nothing will be done after the koker works are completed.
Other residents registered their concerns, saying that the contractor has been turning a deaf ear to their complaints. Two mini-bus operators have also stated that they cannot get to take their buses out to work because of the road being impassable.
When Kaieteur News visited the area yesterday persons, presumably workers attached to the koker rehabilitation crew, were seen trying to get a mobile lift out of a rut.
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