Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI),Cheap Authentic Jerseys, Karan Singh, has revealed that close to $200 million has been budgeted for 2009 for repairs to commence on the badly damaged pipelines at Block ‘C’ and ‘D’ in Sophia.According to Singh, GWI has the capacity to provide adequate water to the residents in the community, but he stressed the point that the pipelines in the area are being continuously damaged.The CEO explained that in developed housing schemes,Cheap Jerseys Wholesale, there are reserved lands for pipelines to be installed. However, as it relates to Sophia, he noted that the area was once a squatting area, which is now being regularized and as such, there is no reserve land for the installation of utilities.Singh said that residents resort to digging the road shoulder in order to get water. In this instance, the residents would then protest for proper roads to be built in the area. When this is done, then the pipelines which would have been installed in the road shoulder would be damaged,NBA Jerseys From China, since the road would have to be built.According to Singh, this is exactly what transpired in Sophia.As a result of this, almost all of the pipelines in the community are damaged, leaving a broken water main as the only source from which people can get water.The CEO revealed that if GWI was to repair all of the broken pipelines in the area, then it would cost the water company some $600 million, a sum which he said that the company cannot afford currently.He added that the housing scheme is a huge one and as such, GWI would do all in its power to bring relief to the residents.He explained that if residents want the best of service,Cheap Jerseys From China, then they should be honest and pay their water rates.This is an ongoing problem with which the water company is constantly faced,Wholesale Stitched Jerseys, as, according to Singh, 75 percent of GWI consumers in Guyana do not pay their water rates, while the remaining 25 percent are genuinely committed to paying their rates.The CEO issued a call to residents in Agricola,Authentic Jerseys China, Greater Georgetown, and in Buxton on the East Coast of Demerara to pay their outstanding debt to GWI.He warned that the water company will soon take action against these communities by cutting off their water supply, if their rates are not paid soon.Meanwhile, already facing the difficulty of not receiving its revenue, Singh is pleading with consumers to act responsibly and not to interfere with the water mains when there is leak in their respective community.He explained that whenever there is a leak in the pipelines, then residents would resort to breaking the water main in order to get water. According to the CEO, residents need to report these matters to GWI so that the issue can be rectified.He said that by breaking the water mains, residents only make the situation worse for themselves.(Fareeza Haniff).