THE Anna Regina Town Council has given verbal warnings to scores of residents in Sparta to desist from dumping carcasses of dead animals, pampers, sanitary napkins, fish and shrimp waste and plastic bottles into drainage trenches. Public Health Officer attached to the municipality, Mr. Eshwin Persaud said he went around and personally warned people after he received reports from workers in the Drainage and Irrigation (D&I) Department about problems they are encountering daily.
Reports said workers are faced with the task of removing the rotten bodies of animals from the waterway, which is unhealthy for them without proper protection.
The garbage dumping in drainage trenches is also very prevalent in the Hampton Court area and action will be taken shortly to correct the situation, Persaud said.