Some residents of Mahdia in Region Eight are convinced that they are being neglected when it comes to the availability of potable water, having been without regular flow for more than five months. As a result, a few women from the community backed by members of Red Thread took to the parapet outside the Vlissengen Road Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) headquarters yesterday in order to raise their concerns.The protest outside GWI yesterdayThe placard-bearing women silently displayed messages about lack of concern for the women and children of the area even as they emphasized that “We need water! We demand water!” They were even then adamant that the activity will continue until measures are taken to restore a proper and regular flow of water to the affected Region.Among the picketers was Ms. Marbell Thomas of Campbelltown, who revealed that Region Eight was furnished with a reservoir which was built in 2005.? The reservoir,Cheap Authentic Jerseys, she said, became operational in September of that same year. However, problems would soon erupt as according to her,Discount NFL Jerseys, sometimes the pipes would become blocked with sand and leaves as no one had assumed the responsibility to maintain them.“The sand is going in and leaves are going in and this is because of the way that they built the reservoir and when it is blocked up sometimes you have to wait days, weeks and sometimes months before you can clean it so that we can get back water.”The water problem would develop further with the flow of water completely stopping in May of this year, Ms. Thomas said.The situation, she explained, was brought to the attention of the Regional Executive Officer,Cheap NFL Jerseys, Mr. Ishwar Das and “he said that he was going to take us to the place to see what was happening. But that is not our problem; we don’t want to go see what is happening at the reservoir we want them to do something about what is happening! If something is happening we want them to come and tell the residents what is happening so that we will understand, don’t just leave us just like that…”Ms. Thomas recalled too that it was just recently that Prime Minister Samuel Hinds had visited the Region and assured residents that the problem would be fixed.“We are really, really struggling; mothers and grandmothers have to walk about two miles to get water to cook, to wash and everything else…some teachers have even left Mahdia because of this situation.”She revealed, though,Cheap Arizona Diamondbacks Hoodies, that the only persons who are spared the exhausting dilemma are business persons who have their own vehicles, as they are able to transport their own water and even sell to some residents in need. “…$200 for a five-gallon bottle, $1,500 for a small barrel, $6,000 for the black tank; yes we can afford a five-gallon bottle but we cannot afford enough to do all the work we have to do with water…”Ms. Thomas’s concerns were echoed by Ms. Marcia Evans of Central Mahdia who emphasized the point that “if you don’t have money you just can’t get water.” Ms. Evans even speculated that the water problem is being linked to some health issues in the Region.As a single parent she said that the situation is a major bugbear which seems to only be getting worse rather than better,NFL Jerseys From China, thus the need to engage action to spark a response.The picketing exercise commenced around 10:00 hours yesterday and shortly after attracted the attention of GWI officials, among them Acting Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Ramchand Jailall, who in defensive mode asserted that there is currently not a significant problem in Mahdia.? He acknowledged though that there is some level of disruption but added that a team is there and water is being supplied in sections of Mahdia.“Some sections are out of water and this is because of damage done to the main,” Jailall said,Cheap Jerseys China, even as he alluded to the fact that the situation has been occurring over several months.He further pointed out that while GWI is not present in Mahdia it is expected that the residents themselves would have taken responsibility and opted to maintain the system in collaboration with the Regional officials.“GWI is only in Mahdia when there is technical difficulties and that is why we are there right now; a team is there and a contractor has been mobilized and we are replacing several sections of the main that have been significantly deteriorated so no one cannot come and say GWI is not doing anything in Mahdia, we are attending to whatever challenges we have there, but still there is a big risk and big challenge that the

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An?early morning horrific accident, involving two trucks?at Hairuni, on the Linden/Soesdyke Highway, has left the driver of one truck dead, and two others nursing minor injuriesDead is 27-year-old Rameshwar ‘Shah Rukh’?Primlall, of 14 Supply, Mahaica,Cheap Jerseys From China, East Coast Demerara.Primlall was the driver of GPP 2252, which slammed into GLL1645,Cheap Jerseys From China, another truck which was reportedly parked on the highway with a puncture.His wife,Wholesale China Jerseys, Kumarie Singh, who travelled to the scene of the accident with relatives, said that she got the horrible news ‘around 5’o clock’ yesterday.Singh cried bitterly as she held unto the cabin of the badly damaged truck that her husband had met his death in.Family members and others at the scene of the horrific two-truck accident at Hauruni, Soesdyke/Linden Highway.According to the driver of the other truck, Orlando ‘Putchie’ Rose, of One Mile Extension,Cheap Jerseys From China Online, Wismar, Linden, it took?almost two hours to free the badly injured man from the mangled vehicle.Rose said that a tyre on his truck had ‘burst’, so he had parked, was in the process of changing it when the accident happened. That was shortly after 02:00 hrs. Rose said that he heard a vehicle approaching then there was a loud impact at the back of his truck.“All I know is we truck deh cross the road on the side and one of dem from the other truck ?pitch in the bush there, one of dem been pon de road, and the driver he get pin in de truck. A tractor went in the back of de truck, and one of dem de sitting in the tractor.”Rose claimed that the other truck was speeding.At the scene, there was evidence that Rose’s truck was knocked several yards away, from the point of impact.Several drums of fuel lined the road. The driver said that he had removed them from the truck after the accident. Rose said that he was in the process of transporting the fuel from Georgetown to the interior. He had thirty drums?on the truck when the accident occurred.Hardat Singh of Novar, Mahaicony, owner of the truck which Primlall was driving, said that his employee was making a trip to 72 Miles Potaro.Singh said that three persons were in the cab of the truck, while one person was in the tray.“Whilst coming down the highway, there was this truck parked on the road with no lights, so by the time the driver saw it, it was too late- because they break down and park on the road with no lights. On top of that it was foggy, so even though the driver tried to swerve out, he couldn’t make it. I was sitting in the cab, on the passenger side, but he got hit more, because of how he tried to swerve.”The man noted that it took about half an hour to retrieve the driver from the mangled wreck.His wife, Sharon Singh, said that her husband called her about 04:00 hrs yesterday. “He just dialed the number, and he just have the phone on, and all I’m hearing is him saying, “Oh God somebody please help my driver”. So he wasn’t even talking to me,jerseys nfl wholesale, it was like he was in shock.”Singh said she later called the police, after she finally got some more information from her husband.“We own this truck and we work with Bosai, through Forrester- they had this little work to take in a tractor and they had this other work to do with the hydro-plant for a month and today was to be their first day. ‘Shah Rukh”- we used to call him that- he worked with us, and he?just went home the night to spend with his family and they left like two this morning to go up there… then my husband called. When we got to the hospital this morning they told us he didn’t make it.”Singh’s husband and the other persons on the truck were taken to the Linden Hospital complex, where they were treated and sent away.Meanwhile, relatives of the dead man, including his wife travelled to the scene yesterday.They were adamant that it was the unlit truck that caused the accident.Police who were on the scene came in for strong condemnation, after they insisted that the dead man’s wife remain to give statements. Her relatives were in a hurry to take her to see a doctor,NFL Jerseys Supply, for her?”low blood pressure”.The Singhs also complained that several parts from their truck were stolen although the police were on the scene, soon after the accident.

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