APPROXIMATELY 30 staff members of the Mayor and City Council’s (M&CC) Solid Waste Department, along with members of the public turned out Sunday morning to help clean some of the City’s main avenues.

The initiative was spear-headed by Solid Waste Director Walter Narine who deliberately organised the clean-up initiative on the last weekend before Christmas.

Narine told the Guyana Chronicle on the Main Street Avenue, that the other avenues being looked at were the ones at Carmichael, Waterloo and Camp Streets.
Camp Street Avenue, for one, has been in bad shape, Narine noted. “The grass is very high there. We’re trying to weed, remove the debris and clean the drains adjacent to the avenues,” he informed.

Although no one showed up at Narine’s planned 7:00am time, workers of the Solid Waste Department were already on the road mobilising the tools and starting the work. Narine too, helped with weeding and other work.

“We hope to have more of these volunteer exercises so as to have more participation from the citizens of Georgetown. Hopefully, we will be able to build back confidence with the municipality and citizens of Georgetown. If we do the work together, I think we will achieve much more,” Narine expressed.

Commenting on the day’s proceedings, he said: “We were small in number but big in hearts and loud in achievements. Thanks to my amazing team and my special friends for their efforts today.”

The Solid Waste Department has a number of initiatives that it will be zooming in on during 2019; including making better use of plastic bags, proper waste separation, and ensuring that all waste haulers/garbage trucks are licensed to operate in the city.

These new initiatives were already placed in the council’s budget and presented to the Finance Committee, Narine disclosed.