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Published on Wednesday, 25 May 2016 14:50

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2015-2016: Updates on Litter Enforcement Unit (LEU)

Throughout 2015, the Litter Enforcement Unit had its focus aimed at the Enhancement of Central Georgetown, with the launching of the rigorous ‘Business against Litter Initiative’ to integrally involve the business community in creating litter free spaces/zones within Guyana. Furthermore, assessments of local areas within Georgetown were conducted between March, 2015, and September, 2015, to detect offences and determine the issues within the areas and have enhancement groups developed to correct the situation. It wasn’t until 2016, however, that enhancement of many of the areas came to fruition.

To date, and in accordance with the LEU’s 2016 Annual Work-plan, the application of appropriate enforcement actions for litter offences has been effected within Regions 02, 03, 04, 07 and 10. In this regard, 43 citation orders and 07 fixed penalties were issued; 01 fixed penalty was pursued in Court; and 03 matters were addressed by the Magistrate Courts. While the Unit has recorded an average of 73% decrease in enforcement actions compared to the same period during 2015, the percent compliance rate has increased by 23% in Regions 03 and 04. The improvement of compliance rate with enforcement actions is a hurdle that was overcome by conducting more comprehensive investigations and the development of the “Consent to Accept Fixed Penalty” Form and the Court Plaint that summarizes litter offence cases for the Magistrate. Both documents were instrumental in the ensuring compliance with Fixed Penalty and successful prosecution of Court cases.

The following Litter Offence Cases were successfully prosecuted in 2016:

Offender’s Name	Offenders’ Address	Offence Committed
Basheer Saffie	301, First Street, Street Success, East Coast Demerara.	Offender failed to comply with Fixed Penalty and was charged $50,000 for littering a public place with domestic and animal waste.
Pritipaul Singh Investiments	Mid Alantic Seafood, Mc doom, East Bank Demerara.	Offender was charged $100,000 for littering a public place with commercial waste.
Dhyan Singh	5th Street, Cummings Lodge, Greater Georgetown.	Offender was charged $50,000 for littering a public place with domestic waste.

During January to April, 2016, the LEU successfully implemented the Litter Enforcement Program (LEP) within Regions 02, 07 and 10 primarily based on collaborative efforts between the Agency and the Local Organs within the Regions.

As such, in Region 2 a total of eleven (11) citation orders were issued to the following entities:

Name of Offender	Address	Offence Committed
Kamla Narine	Airy Hall Public Road, Essequibo	Littering a public place
Iftiker Ishman	36 Vilvoorden Essequibo Coast	Littering a public place
Eyjaz Alley	22 Vilvoorden Essequibo Coast	Littering a public place
Quality Lumber Products	Industrial Site, Anna Regina, Essequibo	Littering a public place
Dulari Singh	49 Anna Regina, New Housing Scheme, Essequibo	Littering a public place
Vanessa Culpaper	Charity New Housing Scheme, Essequibo	Littering a public place
Pomeroon Oil Mill	Lot 86, Charity, Pomeroon, Essequibo	Littering a public place
Jeremiah Latchman	20 Huis't Diereen Essequibo	Littering a public place
Nadya Amsterdam	Anna Regina, New Housing Scheme, Essequibo	Littering a public place
Khamali Singh	Anna Regina, New Housing Scheme, Essequibo	Littering a public place
Daniel Ramnauth	48 Anna Regina, New Housing Scheme, Essequibo	Littering a public place

One hundred percent (100%) compliance with the abovementioned citations was verified.

In Region 07, a total of four (04) citation orders were issued to the following entities:

Name of Offender	Address	Offence Committed
Dannyram Pooran	102 First Ave, Bartica.	Littering a public place
Dotsan Joseph	Third and Fourth Avenue, Fourth Street, Bartica.	Littering a public place
Nazir Latiff	48, Fourth Avenue, Bartica.	Littering a public place
Peter Rafferty	18, Second Avenue, Bartica.	Littering a public place

One hundred percent (100%) compliance with the abovementioned citations was verified.

In Region 10, a total of ten (10) citation orders were issued to the following entities:

Name of Offender	Address	Offence Committed
Lavern Thomas	Chinese Layne, Kwakwani, Berbice River.	Littering a public place
Zaheer Waheed	Kwakwani Mine Site, Berbice River.	Littering a public place
Silvia Adolph	Park Front, Kwakwani, Berbice River.	Littering a public place
Kester Daly	Park Front, Kwakwani, Berbice River.	Littering a public place
Lennox Nester	235, Blue Berry Hill, Wismar, Linden	Littering a public place
Marceline Daw	195, Blue Berry Hill, Wismar, Linden.	Littering a public place
Brian Mc Rae	4371, Toucan Drive, Amelia’s Ward, Linden.	Littering a public place
Leon Jathoo	08, South Amelia’s Ward, Linden.	Littering a public place
Larance Mitchell	30 West Watooka, Linden	Littering a public place
Carl Glassgow	27 Danjou Alley, Christian Burg, Linden	Littering a private premises

Eight (08) of the ten (10) offenders were in compliance while the other two (02) were non-compliant.

To share any information that you may have about polluters to help keep the country clean and beautiful, please contact the Agency’s Litter Enforcement Unit on (592) 219-0021