THE very welcome clean-up fever that has hit the city of Georgetown through volunteer labour continues.

Ranks of the Guyana Fire Service on Friday pitched in their lot to the clean-up effort, taking to the Stabroek Market Square where they are headquartered and to the streets, desilting drains and picking up garbage in downtown Stabroek.

Inspired by this initiative, some vendors around the Stabroek Market area pitched in their lot by assisting the ranks to clear drains alongside the GFS as well.

In record time, that part of the city had been transformed from a proverbial ugly duckling to a very fine swan indeed, and shoppers and passers-by were able to sniff clean, fresh air once more.

Meanwhile, BK International and other private sector volunteers continue to deploy sanitation trucks and other heavy-duty equipment to do cleaning works that cannot easily be done by manual labour.