| …as residents protest forced closure of Chesney dump siteThe landfill site at Chesney Village, Corentyne,NFL Jerseys China, has been ordered closed with immediate effect by instructions from Regional Chairman, David Permaul Armogan. This new development came about after residents complained and protested over the stench and the indiscriminate dumping of garbage in the area which was supposed to have been a land fill site and not a garbage dump.The residents have deemed it an eye pass to locate the site in their village.The Regional Chairman led a delegation which included Vice Chairman Bhoopaul Jagroop to the site, recently, to get a firsthand look at the situation. The chairman said that he has asked the company,Cheap NFL Jerseys, Concept Services, which is supposed to manage the landfill site to cease dumping immediately.What should have been a landfill site is now a dump site.He has also informed the Ministry of Local Government of the latest development and asked for their further clarification and action.During the visit,Wholesale Jerseys China, residents came out in their numbers and hurled snide remarks as the officials were also visibly affected by the stench. “Why you all don’t put it where you all living; you all come here and live and let we go where you all living and see if you all gon like it” were some of the remarks hurled at the officials.The new arrangements are part of Government’s new approach to solid waste management which will see private garbage collectors collecting residential garbage and transporting it to designated sites.Six contractors were awarded contracts to collect garbage in Berbice—three for East Berbice and three on West Berbice. Each contractor will manage a landfill site in their catchment area. Apart from Concept the other two for the East Berbice area are Advanced Environmental Solutions,Stitched NFL Jerseys, which is supposed to manage the site at Bel View and will have responsibility for villages from Mara on the East Bank Berbice to Borlam Turn on the East Coast of Berbice,China NFL Jerseys, and will include New Amsterdam and East and West Canje.The other is Pooran Brothers which company is expected to manage the landfill site at Bloomfield and will collect waste from Kildonan to Moleson Creek,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, including Black Bush Polder. The project should have commenced on January 1. However, two have not yet started.According to Mr. Armogan the contractor has done a lousy job. He has not been following the procedure set out for him to operate. He said that the contractors should take the garbage to the site and bury it.“They should dig a hole and fill it with the solid waste and then cover it. That is why it is called a landfill site. Instead they are just dumping the garbage and leaving it like that.”What makes it worse, he said, is that many other residents seeing what is going on will also take their garbage and dump it in the area and leave, thus making the place a big garbage dump and an eyesore, instead of a landfill site. ”No resident of the region should be allowed to live under such conditions,Wholesale Jerseys Free Shipping,” Armogan said.The resident said that the site is a breeding ground for flies and worms, attracts stray dogs and cats and festers rats, roaches and other pests.“These people are callous and careless. This government doesn’t care about people anymore. They do not care about your health. You can’t sleep, you can’t stay outside, you can’t do anything, you can’t even eat you food. As soon as you have an opportunity you have to leave this place and go out.“I want the Government and regional officials to come and live in this condition. They want to run us out of our own home. We can hardly stay at home now,” the residents complained.Berbicians had earlier expressed surprise at the new garbage collection arrangements. They had voiced their disapproval at the decision made by the government to privatise garbage collection in the county.Sites have been identified in nine of the ten administrative regions by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the project. That entire project is being funded through a loan from the Inter American Development Bank (IDB). |
