Bourda Cemetery clean-up to be completed today
A section of the Bourda Cemetery after it had been cleaned
A section of the Bourda Cemetery after it had been cleaned

UNDER the Georgetown aspect of the Clean-Up My Country Programme, allocation was made for the Clean-up of Bourda Cemetery.A press release stated that during a meeting held by Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, (MLGRD)Norman Whittaker and representatives of the Georgetown Municipality, including Ms. Carol Sooba, Town Clerk (Ag), on November 28, 2014, the clean-up of Bourda Cemetery (which the Council is directly responsible for) was raised.

During that discussion, Whittaker extended further assistance to the Council by making provision
for the clean-up of the cemetery under the Georgetown aspect of the Clean-Up My Country Programme.
Subsequently, the Guyana Prison Service was contracted to undertake the de-bushing exercise of the Cemetery. A group of 15 inmates was provided with tools and safety implements to commence the de-bushing exercise on Sunday December 14, 2014.

The cemetery under the watch of the Georgetown Mayor and City Council had become an illegal dumpsite in Georgetown’s busiest shopping area. Hence, in light of the resources which were injected in to the clean-up of the Bourda Cemetery, the LGRD Ministry is calling on the Municipality to install a gate at the Regent Street entrance to help deter persons from dumping garbage in the Cemetery.
Only recently he inmates detected bees in one of the tombs and the bee-keeper was called in for assistance. Hence, the workers resumed cleaning up the Cemetery yesterday and anticipate completing the project today

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