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18 footpath bridges constructed in communities in Regions 3, 4, 5 and 6
Happy users of the recently constructed timber bridge linking the communities of Good Hope and Hand-en-Veldt, Region 4

18 footpath bridges constructed in communities in Regions 3, 4, 5 and 6

 

THE Community Infrastructure Improvement Project (CIIP) has invested over $4.6M recently to rehabilitate and construct 18 footpath bridges in several communities in Regions 3, 4, 5 and 6.Approximately 1,800 residents are direct beneficiaries of the bridges, which replaced derelict structures encompassing broken rails, loose planks, missing planks and rotten beams, all of which made the structures unsafe for users.

The Ministry of Housing and Water through this component of CIIP helped to provide improved access within the following Neighbourhood Democratic Councils (NDCs): Seafield/Tempie; Rosignol/Zeelust; Profit/Rising Sun; Unity/ Vereeniging; Golden Grove/Diamond Place; Gibraltar/Fyrish; Lancaster/Hogstye; Hague/ Blankenburg; Best Klien/Pouderoyen; Greenwich Park/Vergenoegen; Hydronie/Good Hope; and Stewartville/Cornelia Ida.

The targeted areas were identified by the NDCs and communities and works were undertaken where bridges were non-existent, deplorable or unusable.

According to Bibi Ameena Bacchuss, Overseer of Unity/Vereeniging NDC, the link between the communities of Good Hope and Hand-en-Veldt, East Coast Demerara is now strengthened, thanks to the construction of the bridge, which is used mainly by residents who take their children to the private daycare, nursery and primary school.

She emphasised that this small project undertaken by the Ministry has great importance to the two communities. For many years the NDC was unable to repair the previous structure owing to financial limitations.

“The bridge was in a terrible condition…It was unsafe to cross with some planks missing and some rotten…residents avoided using the bridge and were using a private entrance…I am really glad it was repaired,” Bacchuss lamented.

Another area where access to a school was made a priority is Tempie at Quarter Walk, Region 5. The main users of this bridge are students attending No.29 Primary School and residents. It also provides direct access to the public road saving residents time and energy.

According to a resident, the previous bridge was abandoned for some time because of its deplorable condition. “The bridge was shaky and had missing planks and so crossing was impossible and so we had to use the dam and of course that was not good during the rainy weather,” the resident said.

A new access was created at Greenwich Burial Ground, Region 3. The bridge was built at the back of the cemetery’s compound to provide access to unused plots. There is a bridge at the front of the cemetery, where most of the land space has been utilised and this had made accessing the cemetery difficult.

CIIP aims at improving access and aesthetics in targeted areas through initiatives which create local employment and fosters community cohesion. (Ministry of Housing and Water)

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Originally Posted by yuji22:

God bless a caring PPP. 

 

A 56 percent majority is guaranteed for the PPP.

 

Long live Dr. Jagan's and Janet's PPP.

Now I can see why the opposition parties are lobbying for the President to call early elections…..they saw the trend , with time the PPP percentage is getting bigger…..Is it that Guyana development is mounting  astonishingly so high that the PPP is unstoppable pretty soon?

FM
Originally Posted by yuji22:

God bless a caring PPP. 

 

A 56 percent majority is guaranteed for the PPP.

 

Long live Dr. Jagan's and Janet's PPP.

CARING PPP?

 

I tell you all this bannas YUJI going insane.

FM
Originally Posted by Spontaneous emission:
Originally Posted by yuji22:

God bless a caring PPP. 

 

A 56 percent majority is guaranteed for the PPP.

 

Long live Dr. Jagan's and Janet's PPP.

Now I can see why the opposition parties are lobbying for the President to call early elections…..they saw the trend , with time the PPP percentage is getting bigger…..Is it that Guyana development is mounting  astonishingly so high that the PPP is unstoppable pretty soon?

 

100 Percent accurate.

FM
Originally Posted by yuji22:
Originally Posted by Spontaneous emission:
Originally Posted by yuji22:

God bless a caring PPP. 

 

A 56 percent majority is guaranteed for the PPP.

 

Long live Dr. Jagan's and Janet's PPP.

Now I can see why the opposition parties are lobbying for the President to call early elections…..they saw the trend , with time the PPP percentage is getting bigger…..Is it that Guyana development is mounting  astonishingly so high that the PPP is unstoppable pretty soon?

 

100 Percent accurate.

You are 100% insane YUJI.  Go take your pills NOW!

FM
Originally Posted by yuji22:

God bless a caring PPP. 

 

A 56 percent majority is guaranteed for the PPP.

 

Long live Dr. Jagan's and Janet's PPP.

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FM

Face to face with evil in Berbice Saturday evening

January 19, 2015 | By | Filed Under Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 

Last Saturday afternoon, I went to Skeldon, Berbice, with some members of the Alliance for Change to see the AFC rally. When we pulled in at Republic Square (they told me that was the name of the site), the lawyer Charrandas Persaud, was in the speaker’s chair Then former Director of the UG campus of Berbice, Professor Daisal Samad took the microphone. After him, I gave a short presentation. I retired to a large empty bench in the middle of a large piece of parapet by myself to listen to the next speaker, Nigel Hughes. Suddenly an aging gentleman, with a gait that was unsteady due to age, came up to me. He told his story. GPL cut off the electricity of a number of residents in Skeldon and neigbouring villages and GPL allegedly did a heartless thing to one of his friends. He wanted me to listen and write about his friend’s plight. He got up to look for his friend among the crowds. As he moved away from me, I watched his unstable gait and I made a wish for myself. Don’t let the world catch me in a deprived state at that age that I won’t have electricity in my home. His friend was of similar age. He asked that his name be published; Tulsiedas Kistin. His problem was that GPL came, looked at the meter, accused him of tampering, cut him off and is demanding $140, 000 as back payment for two years. He said he paid, $2, 300 monthly before he was disconnected. GPL informed him that he should have been paying $10, 000. He has two tubes, a fridge and a television in his home. But that wasn’t his only problem. He was arrested for electricity theft and taken to the police station and placed on $10, 000 station bail. The next day he was charged and appeared at a New Amsterdam court. He went back later to collect his bail money. The station told him he has to go to Georgetown to collect it. I left the rally and took him to the station to ascertain the validity of his claim. The station’s policy is that after two weeks, bail money goes to Georgetown after being booked at New Amsterdam station. The policy of the station is not to have money stored there. This is obviously a pathetic situation. If people put bail money at a station in Skeldon, why do they have to travel to Georgetown to reclaim it? What reason does the police force have for not having money at the Skeldon Station? After all, they have guns at the station which are more dangerous than storing money. After the rally, we attended a wake at Number Two Village next to Cotton Tree. I met two sad women there. Nanda Chan lost her father, Angad Chan, years ago at an accident at Cotton Tree at 6.AM. The driver was a policeman taking one of the most important officers in the Guyana Police Force to work. Nanda Chan said that was the end of the matter. She, her mother and siblings never heard anything after. Her father became a stray dog in the eyes of the police and died like a stray dog. Two years after, Angad Chan’s brother, Janeed Chan lost his life in similar circumstances not far from where his brother was killed. This time it wasn’t a speeding police car with a big police officer inside, but a truck transporting goods that killed Janeed Chan. Janeed Khan’s wife, Bishamdai, told me at that wake, the police took a statement from her and she never heard back from them. The truck driver resumed his daily routine. Janeed Chan, like his brother, died like a stray dog in Berbice because their country treated them like stray dogs. I asked Nanda Chan and Bhishamdai Chan if, when these injustices were meted out to them, they went to seek the intervention of the political administrators of Berbice. They told me yes and said there was never a follow-up. They were brushed aside. I asked Tulsiedas Kistin if he sought the assistance of the political officials in Skeldon. He promptly replied no and indicated that Attorney Charrandas Persaud is helping. In the case of Bhishamdai Chan, her husband was a worker for forty five years at Blairmont estate yet she said she didn’t get a cent in death benefits because the estate couldn’t find his contributions I left Berbice in complete sadness Saturday night. Not only at what I had just seen but the thought that the PPP will be asking these people for a sixth victory in the coming months.

Mitwah

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