The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Company?is in continuous talks with residents of Bath,?Region Five over the niggling street-light issue that surfaced?a few weeks back.GPL, after meeting with the Regional Executive Officer (REO)?of Region Five?and his engineer, and then interfacing with residents, made it clear that ‘issues were badly handled’ in the very inception.Several residents protested after a GPL crew removed several street lights, claiming that it was illegal.The power entity?has clarified?that it is responsible for the supply of electricity, and not the installation of street lamps’?and automatic? power supply for these, as they are personal matters and fittings, and are quite different from regular GPL street lamps.However,Throwback Jerseys, according to a Government statement yesterday, GPL is quite cognisant of the need for additional lighting source,Wholesale Jerseys Cheap, a result of the many burgeoning housing schemes.GPL did grant a one-month concession to residents with illegal private street lights, asking that they regularise the matter, by making sure that they were contracted to be supplied with electricity for their devices, which carry an additional charge of $1,Wholesale Jerseys,266 for a 65-watt light, and $2,430 for the 120 watt.Currently, GPL is pushing for residents, desirous of having?the lamps, to have the matter expedited, as many had already done at the GPL office in Berbice.The removal of some of the street lights a few weeks back in Berbice.Matters came to a head when?GPL?removed the street lights in Bath?after?the failure by residents to pay a monthly charge.Minister?of Public Infrastructure,Cheap Jerseys China, David?Patterson, after protest action from the community, had explained that it is the Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) that is responsible for paying the bill for the lights, but in the case of Bath Settlement, payment was not forthcoming.The Minister also said that GPL cannot afford to subsidize the cost, but promises that once an arrangement is made with the NDC for payment,Cheap NFL Jerseys, the lights will be reinstalled.Minister Patterson also noted that it was the former People’s Progressive Party government that promised the residents, during the election period,Wholesale Jerseys China, that they were going to receive free street lights, causing the confusion.