As days turn in­to weeks since the Gov­ern­ment shut down the Com­mu­ni­ty-based En­vi­ron­men­tal Pro­tec­tion and En­hance­ment Pro­gramme (CEPEP), cit­i­zens say the ev­i­dence of non-op­er­a­tional teams in their com­mu­ni­ties is be­com­ing more glar­ing.

Guardian Me­dia yes­ter­day spoke to one woman about the ab­sence of crews while she was pur­chas­ing co­conut wa­ter along El So­cor­ro Road, in the con­stituen­cy of Barataria/San Juan.

“Es­pe­cial­ly with the cut­ting of the grass and the clean­ing of the area, CEPEP was im­por­tant in this area... A lot of garbage all over, drains clog­ging. They used to cut the grass, which will stop mos­qui­to breed­ing; the place is just dirty,” she said.