Persons forced to evacuate as sewage overflows at G/Town Magistrates' Court

Persons forced to evacuate as sewage overflows at G/Town Magistrates’ Court

Jan 03, 2020 News

Police officers, reporters and persons attending the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts yesterday had to either put up with or run away from the unbearable smell coming from overflowing sewerage.

The opening of the sewage at the City Court and the contaminated water on the ground… while officers stationed there had to remain at their post despite the scent.

In less than two months, the sewerage has overflowed three times and the contaminated water that surfaced blocked the entrance at the court lock-ups and the main access to Courts One and Two, the Drug Treatment Court and the Collecting Office.
The overflowing sewage is located near the prisoners lock-up and next to one of the chutes on the ground floor of the two storey building.
The constant overflowing of the sewage still poses a health hazard to scores of persons traversing the court daily.
Many persons including reporters and police ranks stationed at the court have raised concerns about the situation which has become intolerable.
Persons that are unaware of the water on the ground being unhygienic walked right through and went about their business at the court.
Reporters from the various media houses were forced to remove from the benches in front of Court 6, to the hall way of Courts 11 and 8 &9 to eat their lunch since the stench of the sewage water was high and very much unbearable.
While a police constable escorted a prisoner from the chute that is located near the sewerage opening, the prisoner said, “This is nonsense …Y’all ain’t getting me to walk through all this sh*t water. Like y’all crazy or wuh?”
Persons working in the collecting office and others going to conduct business had to pass near the opening of the sewerage and inhale the stench of the dirty water that was on the ground.
The stench is unbearable and worst yet police officers had to remain in the filthy area to perform their duties.
Some of the ranks were also seen eating there because they cannot neglect their duties. An officer also placed pieces of cloth at the door of the prisoners lock-up to absorb and prevent the water from going into the lock-ups.
Over the past few weeks, workers were observed emptying the underground sewage system. But despite their efforts, the sewage keeps overflowing.

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