By Jomo Paul
![The current state of the Bourda Market, Georgetown, [iNews' Photo]](https://i0.wp.com/www.inewsguyana.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Bourda-1.jpg?resize=300%2C169)
Bourda market has been closed since Sunday, May 31 when the torrential downpour flooded several parts of the city and the coast. While some of these areas have had some amount of normalcy restored allowing them to go about their business, the Market is still reeking and flooded.
![The current state of the Bourda Market, Georgetown, [iNews' Photo]](https://i0.wp.com/www.inewsguyana.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Bourda-2.jpg?resize=300%2C169)
One vendor told iNews that she lost millions and the three persons that she employs have not been able to work since Monday, explaining that the entire situation has landed her in dire financial straits.
![Garbage pile up at the Bourda Market. [iNews' Photo]](https://i0.wp.com/www.inewsguyana.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Bourda-3.jpg?resize=300%2C169)
Employees of a popular stall in the market declined to venture into the water and opted to return home despite their employer having summoned them to work.
Added to the flooded market and the stench, vendors also have to tolerate a garbage situation that has grown out of control. One of the entrances to the Municipal Market has been reduced to nothing more than a dumpsite as vendors explained that vagrants and others dump garbage at the spot while some rummage through it looking for whatever food they can find.
![The current state of the Bourda Market, Georgetown, [iNews' Photo]](https://i0.wp.com/www.inewsguyana.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Bourda-4.jpg?resize=300%2C169)
“The workers come to work and they are not working…these sanitation workers come to work and they say they are not working…this is the best time for them to take of all these stuff off this water, they are supposed to take it off now,” said one man referring to a large pile of Styrofoam that had accumulated on top of the water.
![Some vendors braved the stench and flood waters. [iNews' Photo]](https://i0.wp.com/www.inewsguyana.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/IMG_00001343.jpg?resize=300%2C169)
Meanwhile, one council worker who was present did not take lightly to the criticisms of his work and said that it was unhygienic for him to venture into the water knowing the dangers.
“You feel we could work under this condition? We ain’t even got a proper long boots on we foot…we can’t feel to work under this condition. They gotta bring long boots and thing so that we could get to work with,” said the worker.
Hammy should have been the first one in the water with his broom, after all he did receive a medal for his hard work and sacrifice, or was it for wasting million of tax payers dollars, reducing the city to the garbage city and neglecting the city pumps? Were the new government engaged in the cleaning up of our city or mining for gold?
It’s those same stinking Vendors that are complaining causes those garbage to be there in the for place . Put a fine on them . Guyanese need to stop their stinking dirty ways .
Come together people and clean everyone else is doing it it’s your lively hood at stake here complaining ain’t gonna get nobody anywhere even in the country areas they are coming together and cleaning c’mon now
Come on Green you don’t want to spoil your chances of getting another award do you? I guess you already know it doesn’t matter what you do the awards will keep rolling in.
Same people cleaning the GT mess was causing it. Hope it last.
I agree Sweetiecake
It’s time to get our minds as Guyanese wrapped around how awfully dirty we are and we have been contributing the untidy state of our country. Now that is has backed up on us we turn to the blame game. A total attitude change in the guyanese populate is needed and the By-Laws enforced without favour on those who litter and contribute the untidy state of the country.
It’s time to clean up some of the human resources at City Hall who seem afraid to enforce the By-Laws on littering etc.
Very sad situation and where is Hamilton Green ???
I think all of the markets need major over hauling, they have been neglected over the years, my the new administration have their work cut out; citizens need to give them a chance and time, things won’t happen overnight.