Please permit me a space in your newspaper to voice a concern. I am a student of SAASS and a resident of Tivoli, St. Andrew and would like to identify an issue within the village. There is a lack of disposable facilities in Tivoli.
In love of their village, the Tivoli Community Development Organisation (TCDO) and villagers came together to construct several garbage bins over ten years ago. The government completely disregarded the villagers efforts and thus completely destroyed those garbage bins one by one.
There was no consultation and no compensation with the villagers. Nothing was voiced on the matter. The government still fails to give reasons for committing such an atrocity.
The villagers are now forced to place their garbage all the way in La Poterie or resort in throwing it in makeshift garbage containers. In an attempt to improvise, some villagers have placed barrels out on the road side. The barrels quickly become over run with garbage, and collapse because of lack of durability on the barrel’s part.
The garbage in the barrels gets knocked over and scattered countless times by stray, hungry dogs. The garbage continues to fly into people’s yards and even end up in the rivers and pastures. To combat the pollution and remove the eyesore the government should reinstall the garbage bins that they once removed.