A lure for the criminals

Jan 24, 2018 Letters

Dear Editor,
Serious action needs to be taken against the vendors who are vending in front of the Enterprise Primary School on immovable concrete and wooden structures which are encouraging a series of traumatizing activities in the particular area.
I am a single parent mother of two who lives directly opposite the school. The activities which are taking place on these stalls at nights have left me and my children really traumatized and fearful.
I am asking that these vendors utilize movable structures/stalls in order to ensure safety in the particular area since these stalls/structures have become a liming spot for idlers and a hiding spot for bandits during the nights.
Sadly, they are situated directly opposite my home.
In the first week of November 2017, when the stalls were on the right side in front of the school, four bandits hid their cycles between these stalls and began to climb into my yard from the empty lot nearby.
As I began to shout for help and turn on my lights, they jumped over the fence, pulled out their cycles from the stalls and rode away.
The following week, three bandits beat and robbed a resident of that area. No assistance was rendered to the poor guy all because persons were fearful that there were more bandits hiding in the stalls.
Now, it has become worse for my kids and me since the stalls have moved from the right side in front of the school to the left side. Idlers are going there in the afternoons to smoke illegal substances and are troubling my family and me.
Not forgetting to mention that one of the vendor’s sons also comes there to sit on the stalls and smoke with his friends. He keeps saying that they will murder my family because we are asking for these structures to be removed.
Multiple calls and report to the Vigilance Police station have been very futile.
I don’t want these vendors to stop selling but for them to have movable stalls so that the area will be clear at nights.
Many reports have been made to the NDC but yet no solution has been given to this issue.
Last July, I wrote a letter to the chairman but when I attended the meeting, my letter was said to haven’t been submitted.
However, I was given a chance to state my problem. The chairman assured me that he would look into the matter. Until today, nothing has been done.
All I am asking is for these stalls to be removed and for movable stalls to be used. Doing so would reduce these activities at nights.
However, I must mention that one of these vendors has connections with certain officials. Hence, a blind eye is being turned to this matter.
Also, on the weekends, when these vendor’s are cleaning up for the new week, they tend to burn their garbage right by the roadside. My son, who is an asthmatic, is being affected.
I would really be glad if further authorities could look into this matter as soon as possible.
I would once again like to say that if these stalls are removed and movable stalls are used, these limers and bandits would have nowhere to lime or hide and these activities would be reduced.
Yours Respectfully,
Haiwattee Ameer
Residence of Enterprise

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