Unrest in St Catherine over garbage pile-up

The sanitation committee of the St Catherine Municipal Corporation is calling for the removal of the head of the national solid waste management authority (NSWMA), Audley Gordon. 

The committee's chairman, Sydney Rose, has cited garbage pile-up throughout St Catherine as the main reason for the call, claiming Gordon "cannot mange" the post he occupies.

"We are fully aware that the operational failure which resulted in a backlog is as a result of bad management, Mr Gordon simply cannot manage and he must be replaced," Rose said.

Rose was speaking at today's general  meeting of the Municipal Corporation.

During the meeting, parish manager Nigel Gooden, revealed that there are 71 load of uncollected garbage throughout St Catherine. 

"We are lagging behind because of the constant rains, which resulted in greater challenges even on the landfill. But we are working to address the issue," he said.

Councillor of the Waterford division, Fenley Douglas also complained about a great in garbage collection in the division.

"We need to have proper collections, as in the more affluent communities. These problems don't exist there! It is as if we are having two Jamaica,"Douglas said.

- Rasbert Turner 

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