THE Regional Democratic Council (RDC) of Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) has expressed dissatisfaction over the current power outages and according to head of the RDC Devanand Ramdatt, the region is not being provided with any information on the situation.

The Chairman recalled that at a July 13 meeting last year, convened in the council’s boardroom with senior officials from the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) and key stakeholders from the region, it was recommended that GPL provide timely updates and advisories via RCA, the local TV station, and cell phone messages to inform residents on blackouts. Unfortunately the recommendation coming out of the forum was not meaningfully implemented.

Further, Ramdatt said the RDC clearly recalled Minister of Infrastructure David Patterson, expressing in an email dated July 9, 2017 that he would ask GPL to provide advance notice, in future, on any load-shedding activities.

And as it relates to the long term, the minister had also mentioned that a new set for Anna Regina had been procured and that it was expected to be on site by October. However the Ministry had to complete the groundwork and other infrastructural issues before the set could have been connected and put in full service mode. The completed was projected for November.

Ramdatt said the RDC took note that the first quarter of 2018 was completed and the region was still adversely affected by frequent blackouts. Also, that during those periods the region’s GTT landline, GWI and internet services were all affected.

Consequently, the Chairman is calling on GPL and Minister Patterson to provide answers, as to why it the region was experiencing those difficulties and when it would be given its new generator.