Kuru Kururu, a community on the rise
Kuru Kururu NDC Chairman, Mr. Hubert Smith (Samuel Maughn photos)
Kuru Kururu NDC Chairman, Mr. Hubert Smith (Samuel Maughn photos)

… residents looking forward to better

KURU KURURU is a community on the rise. It is one of the first residential communities settled along the Soesdyke-Linden Highway; this was at a time when numbers had to be pulled from a bag to determine the number and location of house lots being awarded. There is now a more sophisticated system.

Kuru Kururu has a population of about 3,000, the majority of whom are Afro- Guyanese, Indo-Guyanese and people of mixed ancestry and who continue to enjoy good relations with each other.

With basically all the needed services and facilities already at their disposal, farming is the predominant occupation; residents also do poultry rearing, fruit vending, sawmilling and commercial activities on a small scale.

Kuru Kururu NDC Chairman, Mr. Hubert Smith (Samuel Maughn photos)

“We have an abundance of schools – both government and private schools. We have no less than 15 churches, a police station, as well as a Community Policing Group to back up the efforts of our committed policemen,” residents say, adding that the vigilance of the police ranks and the Community Policing Group has been able to keep criminals at bay.
“Thank God for an efficient and effective health centre, playfields for our children and young men and women who can utilise these services and facilities for recreational purposes and keep themselves out of trouble. We have a community library, shops, diners and restaurants, even to a pool shop, but in order to access these services, we have to travel by roads.” Additionally, housing construction is moving rapidly apace, so that every effort should be taken to preserve our roads,” residents contend.

However, the residents of Kuru Kururu, grateful as they are for a few essential services for which they say they qualified years ago, are now calling on the Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) to put systems in place to have their roads repaired and upgraded, especially in light of the recent downpours.

The Back Road receiving a temporary ‘patch up’

“And not least, we have electricity and telephone services at our disposal, for which we are grateful. But what we have problems with, aside from bad roads is our water service. Very often we do not get water flowing through taps in our homes, let alone on the upper floors of the buildings,” the residents say. For quite some time now the pressure has been low, residents say, pushing their whole work programme back and posing serious problems for them.

The Pepperpot Magazine spoke with Chairman of the Kuru Kururu Community Development Council (CDC) Hubert Smith, who agreed that the main problem facing the residents of Kuru Kururu at this time is the poor condition of the main traffic thoroughfare passing through the settlement. “Even though the Kuru Kururu Back Road is in pretty good shape… we understand that there is a need to work on the main road,” the chairman reasoned, adding that there is need for a firm foundation, rather than depending strictly on filling with sand.

In fact, Smith attested to the fact that there is a need for emphasis to be placed on infrastructural works in the community; he promised to take it up with the Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC).

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