(Kaieteur News) – The announcement by Minister of Public Utilities and Aviation, Deodat Indar that the government will introduce contractual measures to reduce damage to public utilities and infrastructure caused by contractors, has prompted a call for similar protections to be extended to the property of private citizens.

In an invited comment to Kaieteur News, APNU parliamentarian, Ganesh Mahipaul welcomed the decision to hold contractors accountable for damage to public utilities during the execution of infrastructure projects. However, he lamented that accountability must not end with public infrastructure.

He asserted that “The same urgency and commitment must be extended to protecting the private property of ordinary Guyanese.”