Better roads, drainage and lights for Corentyne villages

RESIDENTS of several villages in East Berbice, Corentyne, Region Six, can expect relief within the coming months to issues that have been causing hardship to their daily lives when it comes to basic services under the Housing and Water Ministry.
During an outreach to the region on Saturday last, Minister of Housing and Water, Collin Croal committed to a number of long, short and medium-term interventions for issued raised by residents.

The meetings were held at West and East Canje and continued in the villages of Kilcoy and Belvedere.
Later that day, the minister engaged residents of Lesbeholden, Ankerville, Mibicuri, Yakusar, and Numbers 64 and 76 villages.
Topping the list of complains levelled to the minister were the need for residential house lots, the level of service provided by Guyana Water Inc., prolonged wait for titles and transports, deplorable roads, drainage infrastructure and the lack of street lighting.