Dear Editor,
NEPA or another government agency needs to step in now to deal with the Riverton Dump, whether or not the area is an industrial belt. The residents at the entrance of Riverton, along Spanish Town Road, are always burning something and they live right at the entrance of the dump.
On the morning of writing this letter, I counted four fires that were seemingly lit at the same time. I don't think the people realise what they are doing at all. They burn indiscriminately and at will.
How will provisions according to the Kyoto Protocol and climate change affect Jamaica if we continue like this? And what of our own part to play as a vulnerable small-island developing state?
Everyone suffers when the dump burns. It blazed a month ago and is possibly still burning. These random fire heaps are an additional problem, not just to health but also safety. I feel it for the motorists, especially travelling to Six Miles. Once one looks down there it is just a blanket of smoke covering the roadway. Can someone do something about it now before we are smothered to death?
Colette Campbell
rastarjamaica@yahoo.com
Do something before we are smothered to death
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NEPA or another government agency needs to step in now to deal with the Riverton Dump, whether or not the area is an industrial belt. The residents at the entrance of Riverton, along Spanish Town Road, are always burning something and they live right at the entrance of the dump.
On the morning of writing this letter, I counted four fires that were seemingly lit at the same time. I don't think the people realise what they are doing at all. They burn indiscriminately and at will.
How will provisions according to the Kyoto Protocol and climate change affect Jamaica if we continue like this? And what of our own part to play as a vulnerable small-island developing state?
Everyone suffers when the dump burns. It blazed a month ago and is possibly still burning. These random fire heaps are an additional problem, not just to health but also safety. I feel it for the motorists, especially travelling to Six Miles. Once one looks down there it is just a blanket of smoke covering the roadway. Can someone do something about it now before we are smothered to death?
Colette Campbell
rastarjamaica@yahoo.com
Do something before we are smothered to death
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