Dear Editor,
The National Water Commission (NWC) has got to be the worst utility company in the world. They start a project and hardly ever complete it properly, or complete it whenever they are ready.
The Essex Valley Water Supply System was first introduced to the residents of St Elizabeth in 2001, and a contract signed in 2008, which would see several communities, such as Myersville, North Hampton, Warminister, Nain, Litiz, Baalac, Fairfield, Cheapside and Gazeland, getting potable water in their pipes. However, those pregnant expectations have been stillborn.
I am from Myersville, and in 2010 we all watched excitedly as NWC laid the pipes for this precious commodity. Residents came out to render any assistance possible, anything just to have water flowing through the pipes. Then after the pipes were laid in 2010, nothing.
I know Myersville is not the only incomplete project out there for the NWC. There is a complex on the Boulevard by the name of Laventura which has severe sewage problems. In a bid to try and solve the problem, they dug up an area trying to find the problem. This was done in November 2014 and to date they have not returned to cover the gaping hole they left at the entrance of the complex. When asked at the time when they will return to fix or cover the hole, residents were told to call the NWC and make a report, this from the same NWC which dug the hole. Several reports were made and no one from NWC came to cover it. The residents had to make it a Labour Day project to cover the hole. And, by the way, the sewage problem still pollutes the air and makes residents sick.
If people withhold their vote because of their sad experience with the NWC, one can't blame them, PM.
Leroy Brown
leroybrownman@gmail.com
Blame the NWC if you lose election, Madam PM
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The National Water Commission (NWC) has got to be the worst utility company in the world. They start a project and hardly ever complete it properly, or complete it whenever they are ready.
The Essex Valley Water Supply System was first introduced to the residents of St Elizabeth in 2001, and a contract signed in 2008, which would see several communities, such as Myersville, North Hampton, Warminister, Nain, Litiz, Baalac, Fairfield, Cheapside and Gazeland, getting potable water in their pipes. However, those pregnant expectations have been stillborn.
I am from Myersville, and in 2010 we all watched excitedly as NWC laid the pipes for this precious commodity. Residents came out to render any assistance possible, anything just to have water flowing through the pipes. Then after the pipes were laid in 2010, nothing.
I know Myersville is not the only incomplete project out there for the NWC. There is a complex on the Boulevard by the name of Laventura which has severe sewage problems. In a bid to try and solve the problem, they dug up an area trying to find the problem. This was done in November 2014 and to date they have not returned to cover the gaping hole they left at the entrance of the complex. When asked at the time when they will return to fix or cover the hole, residents were told to call the NWC and make a report, this from the same NWC which dug the hole. Several reports were made and no one from NWC came to cover it. The residents had to make it a Labour Day project to cover the hole. And, by the way, the sewage problem still pollutes the air and makes residents sick.
If people withhold their vote because of their sad experience with the NWC, one can't blame them, PM.
Leroy Brown
leroybrownman@gmail.com
Blame the NWC if you lose election, Madam PM
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