I AM requesting the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Guyana Police Force to take urgent steps to curb the noise menace that is now being posed by the music push carts commonly seen around Georgetown and the country as a whole.Daily citizens are bombarded both at work and at home by the loud playing of what passes now for music from these music carts. The operators have no regard for the peace and tranquility of neighbourhoods and its residents, as at all hours of the night lewd music can now be heard blaring from these carts. Your peace is disrupted in your home; babies are rudely awakened from their peaceful slumber and become irritable, children cannot study and people suffer tremendous discomfort and sleep deprivation when these carts pass. Often these carts would remain in a fixed location for lengthy periods.

Given the ungodly hours that these music carts are on the road, one wonders if it is really music CD’s that are really being sold or it is just a cover for illegal activities. Not so long ago a senior citizen was murdered in Robb Street and none of the neighbours were able to hear the gunshots, because, at around 7 O’clock in the evening a music cart was in the area blasting music at the highest level. Was this a cover for the murder or just a coincidence, one wonders.
And to compound it all, the lyrics of most the so-called songs are so vile, hateful, filled with so much filthy sexual innuendos that are so downright degrading to women, it is no wonder the society is filled with so much violence against women.
It is time for the authorities to address this situation before it becomes uncontrollable. No music cart should be allowed on the streets after a certain hour and should be restricted to only certain parts of the city. The type of music being played should also be controlled. For those people without a taste for music who want the world to know their level of intelligence and what filth happens in their bedrooms, such music should be played for their enjoyment in the privacy of their homes. I have no such need for my young daughters to listen to such filth. The rights of everyone should be respected.

Richie Samsair