Stop dumping garbage indiscriminately – Corriverton’s mayor to residents

Corriveton’s Mayor Imran Amin has called on residents of the border town to stop dumping solid waste indiscriminately.
His call comes after the municipality commenced a project to clear make-shift dump sites that have been popping up around the town.
Corriverton is one of three towns in Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) and sits on the Corentyne River bordering Suriname.
According to the mayor, the municipality has embarked on a cleaning project whereby it has commenced the cleaning of make-shift dump sites within the township.

“We have cleaned a few areas already and we will continue until we clear the entire town of all make-shift dump sites and I am urging all residents of Corriverton to please let us adhere and stop littering and jumping garbage across the town.”
Mayor Amin said the municipality provides a service to collect solid waste from residential areas and the business community.
“There is a schedule posted on our Facebook page and that schedule is run promptly unless we have downtime with the machinery or we have absenteeism of staff,” he said while discussing some of the developmental work taking place in the township.
Nine roads have been upgraded so far for the year in the town.
According to Amin, other roads are currently being identified and will be rehabilitated through the Ministry of Public Works.
“One of the things that we are looking at is for residents of this town must be comfortable and have enhanced living standards. We want to make this town and we are asking for the cooperation of the people of this town to support us and let’s change the way we live in Corriverton.”
The mayor also noted that streetlights will soon be installed at some sections of the community which do not have.
“We are about to do the procurement for the lights and then award the contract to install them.”
Meanwhile, a drain from the market stretching to the nursery school along Juman Road was also constructed and while not completed, the mayor said that the contractor is allowing curing before putting the finishing touches to the project. “We also have some drains in upcoming projects which will be completed before mid-year,” the mayor said. (G4)