Charity residents now five days without light and water
The Anna Regina power plant
Residents on the Essequibo Coast continue to suffer great depression and frustration due to the persistent power outages experienced on the Coast for the last seven days and more.
Over the past two days the northern section of the Coast experienced hours of blackouts, even worse was the fact that no public notice or easily accessible information to update residents on the actual situation was provided by Guyana Power and Light (GPL). This lack of information has created discomfort for residents, particularly small entrepreneurs, and by extension the business community, who were caught unprepared.
The village of Charity, however, seems to be impacted more heavily than all other villages on the Coast. According to reports reaching this publication, Charity has had no electricity for the past five days, and as a result, the village of some 8000 residents has had no water, as the GWI pump station is also dependent on GPL.
According to President of the Essequibo Chamber of Commerce Duleep Singh, as of last Friday at 08:00 hrs to yesterday there was no electricity or any water in the Charity area.
“Charity is heavily commercialized; what’s even worse about the situation is that there are some 8,000 residents who have no water, the hospital currently has no electricity. Businesses are feeling the brunt; I have a hotel here and it’s not easy to be running on standby around the clock.”
Mr. Singh believes that the Government and the power company need to adopt a proactive attitude towards supplying power. “Instead of waiting for something to happen, the company should do something before the harm is done.”
