REAL NEWS: With the Central Board of Health estimating dengue cases at nearly 100, and even as residents are being urged to protect themselves from contracting the illness, the residents of a street in Cassada Gardens #3 are “bawling murder for mosquitoes.”
This is because a defective drain was excavated and virtually abandoned – more than six weeks ago – and has become filled with now-stagnant water.
The former gutter has become a 24- to 30-inch-wide trench that isNfilled with water from the ongoing rains and the run-off from the line of homes – and is now a breeding ground for both mosquitoes and frogs.
In order to avoid an infestation of both inside their homes, the residents say they must “close in early” each evening – despite the heat – and all outdoor activities have been curtailed.
One resident says she has been buying bleach, ammonia, and salt in quantities; mixing them; and pouring the substance into the stagnant trench daily, before carefully maneuvering over the breeding ground.
She explains that after one set of eggs and tadpoles is killed, the adult frogs breed again in the standing water and start the cycle all over.
Meanwhile, they say it is a challenge to enter their properties given the width of the ditch and the fact that they are unable to drive their vehicles into their yards.
The suffering residents on this stretch of the street explain that, about six or seven weeks ago, a contractor appeared – reportedly on the instruction of the Public Works Department – and began digging up the existing but defective gutter.
An engineer from the Ministry of Works reportedly came after, to assess the problem, and claimed the contractor had acted too hastily.
Sources said the contractor had, indeed, been promised the job, but had not been given the go-ahead to start it.
This was because the Ministry did not yet have the resources, material and otherwise, to
undertake the project.
As a result, more than a month after it was begun, the project has not advanced, and the situation – for residents, pedestrians, and drivers – has worsened: The road has been narrowed; there is no sidewalk for a span of many yards; and the mosquitoes and frogs are
holding the people hostage in their homes.
Meanwhile, those affected say they have no idea when either the contractor or the Ministry of Works will return to correct the problem and end their misery.
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MIGHTY GOD OF DANIEL,THE PEOPLE ARE IN BONDAGE.I PRAY THEY GET DELIVERED SOON!
I mean… frogs eat mosquitoes sooo protect em
Exactly,and they help the ecosystem
This is such a shame. And our PM is bragging about economic growth. Our standard of living in this country is pre-historic. As Gaston says it is of a different age. We must demand better. This is abhorrent!
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This is very unacceptable. A breeding area for mosquitoes and other insects. Why Government like to start something and seldom finishes? Whose Constituency is that area in? All of you affected by this carnage should go and see Minister of Works seeking redress. There seems to be too much BOBOL going on in those Government run Departments. That is my opinion.
Don’t worry yourself fellow Antiguans, now that Prime Minister Gaston Browne has informed the nation that we are now an economic powerhouse, he’ll sort things out in no time at all … watch and see.
WAS THAT A PIG 🐷 I JUST WITNESSED FLYING OVER GASSSSSTON YARD? 😁
As From the Sidelines writes often, “election has consequences.”
Will everyone forget when the ham and Turkey starts flying as the holidays roll around.
LOOK OUT FOR THE HAMS AND TURKEYS IN DECEMBER. DO THEY THINK THAT IS ALL WE THE PEOPLE ARE WORTH A HAM AND A TURKEY.THEY CAN STICK IT WHERE THE SUN DOES NOT SHINE,NOT IN A BANK’S VAULT.
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