Popular hardware, electrical, and industrial store Silvie’s Industrial Solutions are counting losses due to the constant flooding of their High and Hadfield Street, Georgetown store during rainy seasons.
Health and Safety Manager of the establishment, Henry Manerio, told this publication that they are becoming frustrated, not only because of their losses, but because their employees are becoming sick.
“We are losing hundreds of thousands of dollars and this is a horrible situation. Every time a little rain falls, this whole place gets flooded. This is happening especially in our Repairs Department, where we do repairs for customers; that entire place gets flooded. We are even experiencing situations where some of our workers are becoming sick,” he said.
Manerio underscored that they have reached out to the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) several times, with the recent date being around the 13th of May, and to date, there has been no satisfactory action taken.
“We are suffering losses, especially in manpower, with the amount of time the team has to take to bail out the water from the store. Our business performance on the days the area is flooded acts within a loss, because it is unsanitary and difficult for our customers to enter the premises, and their shopping comfort gets disturbed”, Manerio said.
