PPP is not serious about developing Guyana
Dear Editor,
Despite its rhetoric to the contrary, the PPP government is not serious about developing our country. In fact, it has shown plain indifference to the serious problems hindering development in Guyana, or it is utterly unable to address these issues.
Everyone knows that the biggest problem holding this country back is the lack of a reliable power supply. Nowhere is this more evident than in Berbice, on the Upper Corentyne.
For months now, this area has been subjected to the most cruel and embarrassing spate of blackouts, which occur every single week, and often for extended periods of time. When was the last time this area enjoyed a one-week supply of uninterrupted power? And despite all the promises of GPL officials, the power supply has not improved a bit!
How can this government expect this area to develop when businesses suffer significant financial losses whenever there is a blackout, and when businesses are packing up and/or moving out?
How can businesses innovate and use new technologies and computerize their operations when a reliable supply of power, which is essential for doing so, is unavailable?
It is simply unrealistic and infeasible to expect businesses to depend on backup generators that cost thousands of dollars, and even more in operating expenses, and which eat away significantly at any profits earned.
The response of the PPP government towards the blackout crisis on the Upper Corentyne has been downright sickening.
This is an administration that loves to talk about encouraging new developments and entrepreneurship, but which is impotent to do anything about the horrible management at GPL that is hindering development of not just Berbice, but the entire country.
As other letter writers have previously stated, we, the people of the Upper Corentyne, are sick and tired of the governmentβs failure to adequately address the blackout crisis in our area.
If this government is serious about development in Guyana, then I challenge any minister to respond to my letter and explain why we still do not have a reliable power supply in Guyana, and what immediate steps this government has taken to rectify this situation.
Seema Chatterdeo