A clean and healthy environment
“WORK is continuing apace at the Golden Grove/Diamond Place under the aegis of the Neighbourhood Development Council, and as you can see, the work is very impressive. We do our best at all times, regardless of the circumstances.” This was the proud announcement made by Pooran Singh, NDC Councillor and a resident of Cane Ville.
Singh said he is happy to be part of an entity that is tasked with making life comfortable for citizens, and at the same time, working towards improving the environment, keeping it clean and healthy and making it a model for other communities.
“For my area, we did a lot of work: drainage, maintenance, road repairs. Apart from that, we are trying to execute weeding of all parapets. And even though we know that the NDC does not have the capacity to do road building, we have been able, through our task force committee, to lobby and get government to embark on and complete some road-building works. We are grateful for this, since it has certainly heightened the aesthetics of Golden Grove /Diamond Place. This neighbourhood is practically one of the biggest across Guyana and has come to be the centre of attraction along the coastland. But our focus is on road maintenance,” Singh proudly declared.
Citing an example of works initiated, he pointed to the walkway project constructed from the main Diamond thoroughfare, inward and linking with the Diamond Secondary School in the Diamond New Housing Scheme. Highlighting the benefit, Singh said that it would ease traffic congestion, which is clearly evident when school is dismissed and children are hustling to get home. The facility will also reduce accidents, Singh said.
Meanwhile, the regional system, he said, is responsible for maintenance of government buildings such as schools, health centres, community centres and police stations. But because of a good collaboration existing between the regional system and the NDC, the NDC would from time to time take up the slack in order to expedite works which could be considered urgent.
Singh is however of the view that this could have negative spin-offs, since both their time and resources will come into play. He is contending that since the Golden Grove/Diamond Place is one of the largest neighbourhoods, there is need to re-examine the needs and allocations, so that none would be left to suffer and everybody will be happy, Singh concluded.
