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Businessman fined $10,000 for blocking roadway despite ministry warning
(Kaieteur News) – After the Ministry of Public Works issued several warnings to individuals and businesses not to block pavements and roadways, a 33-year-old businessman was charged and fined $10,000 for committing same.
Businessman, Sudesh Ganesh
According to the Guyana Police Force, businessman Sudesh Ganesh of Lot 57 Leonora, West Coast Demerara was arraigned at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court 1, before Magistrate Clive Nurse where he was charged for encumbering the street.
The police stated that the offence was committed on La Bonne Intention (LBI), Public Road, East Coast Demerara on November 6, 2025. Ganesh pleaded guilty and was fined $10,000, the police reported. Kaieteur News had reported that Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill just last Thursday during a live broadcast warned persons and businesses to desist from encumbering the road shoulders.
The Public Works Minister said that this phenomenon has been a “vexing issue for a very, very long time.” He added that they have seen a new development where supermarkets, as well as other major stores having been bringing things out almost on the road. He mentioned that while the government is encouraging people to do business and be entrepreneurs, they should however, operate in a framework of law and order.
A container belonging to the businessman blocking the pavement at LBI.
“Because the pedestrian walkways are encumbered by these businesses with advertising their merchandise or their items, pedestrians have to walk in the path of moving vehicles rather than being in the path of the footpath that is created on the road shoulder. And this is becoming more and more pronounced. Over the last several days, we’ve had cause to move and remove items from some of these businesses and I’ve indicated, it will not be allowed,” he explained.
“We are begging and we are pleading with all our Guyanese brothers and sisters, as we continue to modernise and transform life, we can do better, and wherever they are violations, we will continue to move these encumbrances and encroachments,” he related. According to the minister, the ministry’s team has been visiting areas and talking to people ensuing there is compliance.
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