Stop hazardous dumping of derelict vehicles on roadways – Minister

Marking a follow-up to a previous visit that initially started a while ago, Minister within the Public Works Ministry Deodat Indar has addressed residents of De Kinderen, Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara), about the surge in the dumping of derelict vehicles that are being witnessed by citizens, urging the members of the community who are causing it to cease placing them on the roadways.
According to the minister, this issue can harm people within the community, potentially putting their lives at risk.

“Around one of the corners in this community, I see a man packing up the place again with derelicts. I see him packing things, and I am fed up with that. I talked to him 101 times,”
He added that the main person who is the cause to this serves as a friend to him however the matter of derelicts on the road will not be accepted.
“And he’s like, my friend—I call him my friend because he comes to me and says, ‘Minister, anything, I try to help out,’ but then he packs the things right there, and if you’re driving around the turn. Somebody drives into that; it kills them, and it can cause harm to persons in the community,” he pointed out.
He also highlighted to residents that any lingering problem within their community that they are experiencing can be raised with him.
According to the minister, this is an issue that has remained constant while stating that it was made possible by the CDC.
“I went house to house to meet with people, and some of the issues that they raised, I know some of them still persist, especially the derelict cars. But I want to thank the chairman and the vice chairman of the CDC for arranging this meeting and thank you for coming out to engage with me. You know, this particular community did us proud as a government.”
Highlighting the close proximity in which he lives to the residents, he remarked that this is an opportunity for him to take swift action within the community, ensuring the safest infrastructural livelihood for persons within the community.
“I must tell you that in the last local government election, we managed to win this constituency, and we have never had it before. So we want to make sure that we do what we have to do to serve the people of the community because I don’t live far from here. If I can’t serve you all who are close to me, I can’t go and serve anybody else. I’ll be honest with you all, you all have the right to come and criticize me at my house But I want to understand your matters and go straight issues you face.”
Meanwhile, he expressed that various promises made by him and the head of state have been committed to the community.
“I know that the last time when President Ali and I came around, there were a number of things that he asked me to do. Most, if not all of them, are completed. Over on one side there, with the roads, then the electricity, and some of the poles, we fixed everything down there.”
Only recently the Public Works Ministry has upscaled its efforts to remove the debris of old non usable cars across Guyana’s roadways. (G2)