The Chair­man of the Princes Town Re­gion­al Cor­po­ra­tion (PTRC), Coun­cil­lor Gowrie Roop­nar­ine, is ask­ing mem­bers of the pub­lic to work in part­ner­ship with the Princes Town Re­gion­al Cor­po­ra­tion to elim­i­nate il­le­gal dump­ing with­in the Princes Town Re­gion.

In a news re­lease, the PTRC chair­man states that both the Cor­po­ra­tion’s Health De­part­ment, to­geth­er with the Lit­ter War­dens, will in­ves­ti­gate all re­port­ed cas­es brought to their at­ten­tion.

“They will work swift­ly to en­sure that those re­spon­si­ble for il­le­gal dump­ing are brought to jus­tice,” he promis­es.

Ac­cord­ing to Chair­man Ropp­nar­ine, there has been an in­crease in the num­ber of re­port­ed cas­es of il­le­gal dump­ing in the re­gion with­in re­cent times, which can be bad news for every­one.

“Lit­ter and dumped trash pose a threat to the en­vi­ron­ment as well as to those who are giv­en the task to clean it up.”

He called on cit­i­zens—civil­ian and cor­po­rate—to do the right thing.

“I am urg­ing in­di­vid­u­als and busi­ness­es to prop­er­ly dis­pose of their waste and to de­sist from dump­ing it il­le­gal­ly through­out the re­gion,” he said.

He added: “I want to en­cour­age mem­bers of the pub­lic to be vig­i­lant and re­port these cas­es to the Princes Town Re­gion­al Cor­po­ra­tion. Be good cit­i­zens by obey­ing the laws of the coun­try, and please re­port any cas­es of il­le­gal dump­ing so that the Cor­po­ra­tion can deal with those cas­es im­me­di­ate­ly.”