The Editor, Sir:

Living in a cul-de-sac is a nightmare as the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) and the National Water Commission (NWC) apparently deem it unnecessary to serve people who live on Deanery Drive in Vineyard Town.

The nightmare with the NSWMA began about three years ago since our garbage is no longer being picked up routinely.

Only when we call the company is our garbage picked up. In fact, the main road has routine garbage collection but not on our avenue.

Since we are good reasoning citizens, we have decided to write a letter to the editor demanding that the NSWMA collects garbage in our neighbourhood without us having to telephone them first.

Similarly, the NWC has shown great disregard to us and is seemingly ineffective in handling such a precious resource.

A water main was damaged at the top of the avenue and subsequently water flowed like a river over a three-week period.

Several reports were made to the NWC, Office of Utilities Regu-lation and KSAC but to no avail. Residents are left to deal with the nuisance of water running on the roadway, the breeding of mosquitoes and the destruction of a well-paved road.

Again, we, the citizens of Deanery Drive, have had enough. We are good taxpaying, law-abiding people and we deserve better.

People across the island are in desperate need of piped water and we have this precious resource going to waste daily. Somebody please assist the residents of Deanery Drive.

We are, etc.,

CONCERNED CITIZENS