THE Ministry of Public Infrastructure’s Electrical Engineering Department has reported the theft of thirty-seven (37) Light-Emitting Diode (LED) Street Lights in a number of areas in various parts of the coast.
The replacement cost per unit amounts to seventy-three thousand Guyana dollars (GY $73,000) which will cost the Ministry two million, seven hundred and one thousand Guyana dollars (GY $ 2,701,000) in total to replace all thirty-seven LED lights, the Ministry said in a press release.
It noted that based on the engineer’s estimate, this is quite an exorbitant amount of finance to replace the LED lights. It said, too, that these lights were installed in November 2019.
“The Ministry is hereby pleading with the perpetrators to refrain from committing larceny against its country; as the Government of Guyana seeks to improve safety and security on Guyana’s road network,” the release said.
The chart below shows the affected areas and the number of units stolen
No.
Locations # of Units 1 Eccles Industrial Site Road, East Bank Demerara
11 2 Farm Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara
7
3 Schoonord Access Road, West Bank Demerara 7
4 Soesdyke/Linden Highway
5
5 Lombard Street, Georgetown
3
6 Providence Access Road, East Bank Demerara
2 7 Takuba Road, Lodge Housing Scheme, Georgetown
2
The general public is kindly asked to report any suspicious act of theft to the Ministry’s Public Relations Department on 592-227-0799, via Facebook Messenger at the Ministry of Public Infrastructure, or via Email at mopiguyana@gmail.com.