Royal run-around being given by GPL Corriverton

Dear Editor,

I do have a very serious problem with GPL Corriverton (Springlands) which I have been trying to resolve for some seven months now. I am an overseas Guyanese from the United Kingdom, I have invested a great deal of money in the upper Corentyne area of our country over the past 10 years.

In January 2016, some mindless person scaled the fence and went into my yard and damaged our electric meter while we were out for a few hours. After we teturned we discovered the damage. My brother went to Corriverton and filed a complaint at the office. My brother was told we will have to pay for the broken meter; he agreed and paid for the broken meter, and he was given a receipt which is in his possession. He was also told by GPL that they no longer supply prepaid meters any longer, so we will have to pay for a monthly meter, to which he has agreed and paid for. My brother was told the meter will be installed in about two weeks. GPL have not kept to their words; they have been giving him the royal run around. GPL should be ashamed to have employees running their company in this manner. In June 2016, I travelled to Guyana for six weeks and I took up the matter with GPL Springlands, I was then referred to the Meter Dept in New Amsterdam. The guy from the meter section came and said he could not connect the meter because he was getting shocked, he will have to get the Transformer Department to call and check out the Transformer. I then went back to GPL Springlands and I was told by the supervisor that she will arrange for both the Meter Department and the Transformer Department to be at the same time to resolve the problem, which never materialised.

We are still waiting. It is eight months now and still waiting, I have spent eight weeks of my time and these people could not care if my meter was fixed and current restored. Their behaviour is beyond human decency and contempt. In disgust I came back to the UK. I would like you to let it be known, they invite overseas Guyanese to come and invest in our country, then treat them so badly it is such a shameful way, and disgusting way for people to behave.

Yours truly,

Abdul Samad