CURRENTLY, there are close to 300 persons employed as Community Enhancement Workers under the Georgetown aspect of the Clean-Up-My-Country programme.

Recently, several contracts were signed between Community Coordinators of South and North Cummingsburg and the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development for the clearing of parapets and alleyways of garbage and overgrown vegetation, and the desilting of drains in Central Georgetown.
The team working along Church Street recently told Local Government officials of the difficulty they are experiencing when cleaning several of the alleyways in North Cummingsburg, because persons in the neighbourhood have been using them as dumpsites.

The teams have, however, managed to remove numerous trees from alleyways which crowned numerous buildings. In North Cummingsburg, parallel streets are now visible through several alleyways, while in Stabroek, the team responsible for cleaning from Avenue of the Republic (West) to Lime Street (East) and Croal Street (North) and Brickdam (South) have told of the difficulties they have had whist cleaning along Brickdam.
One supervisor has reported that on a daily basis, the team keeps repeating the cleanup activities in the same areas, because persons continue to dispose of their garbage along the road corners.
Today, over 2000 Community Enhancement Workers are employed to de-silt drains and alleyways, and clean parapets and alleyways of overgrown vegetation in over 55 communities under the Georgetown aspect of the Clean-Up-My-Country Programme.