Beautification Project: Lights installed along Kingston seawall stolen

As the Government of Guyana is making effort to beautify the seafront area at Kingston, Georgetown, and to make it more tourist-friendly, people are now using the opportunity to vandalise the area.
This has also occurred at a time when the Government is currently working to make the area a safe place for all.
New lights were installed along the Kingston Seawall area on Thursday last, and within a matter of hours, they were stolen. It is still unclear if anyone was arrested for the act. The installation of the lights was a part of the Government’s Beautification Project. In 2020, the Government injected $5 million to beautify the popular leisure spot, and, Public Works Minister Juan Edghill explained that it was for the benefit of all the people of Guyana, and to ensure that Guyana is a tourist destination where the people at the current hotels and the new hotels will be able to relax.
The lighting exercise was the first step in the Beautification Project, and was expected to be completed by December 2020, but was only completed on Thursday. However, Minister Edghill said that the project is important and of historical value to Guyana.

To bring this project to life, several issues required urgent intervention. These include vagrancy, improved solid waste collection, washroom, and solid waste disposal facilities, a freshwater source, and regularisation of vending, among others.
The project is the brainchild of First Lady Arya Ali, who has been working aggressively to enhance leisure spots and public spaces under her National Beautification Project.

Only in April, the Lamaha Safe Space that is located between Camp and Parade Streets, Georgetown, was vandalised.
Workers who were putting the finishing touches to the multimillion-dollar development, turned up to discover that it was vandalised overnight. Dozens of plants were uprooted and stolen.
The Government had earmarked that project so that it can be for recreational use by families. That project was the brainchild of President Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali and entails a walkway with benches, a green space, and parking lots. (G9)