Georgetown : The Ministry of Health and the Mayor and City Council started a fogging exercise along the East Bank of Demerara as part of an emergency plan to tackle solid waste management.In recognition of the potential public health hazard that the present sanitary conditions in the city present for the residents, the Ministry of Health summoned the City Council for a meeting on January 16 to begin devising a plan to reduce the prevalence and incidence of mosquitoes and the diseases they cause through the implementation of an integrated vector management programme by all relevant stakeholders with full participation of the community.
The meeting included senior functionaries of the City Council including Deputy Mayor Mrs. Patricia Chase Green.
This first phase of fogging will continue until the end of March and will encompass the entire Georgetown and bordering wards.
The objective of the joint task force is to provide a holistic release to residents of Georgetown within six months, and, apart from garbage collection will also include arresting the clogged drains and overgrown parapets.
Cognisant of the fact that the efficacy of the initiative is dependent on multi stakeholder participation, the Ministry of Health has invited the Ministries of Works, Local Government, Tourism, as well as National Parks Commission, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Private Sector Commission and Tourism and Hospitality Association of Guyana to participate in its third meeting on January 30 in the Ministry’s Boardroom.
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