THE EDITOR, Sir:

I was in western Hanover in the district of Cacoon during the Labour Day weekend and I felt so sad to learn that there was no water coming from pipes in that area and others surrounding it for over one year now. Yet, the citizens continue to get bills claiming that they owe the National Water Commission (NWC) for this commodity which they weren't supplied with. Some residents have got so used to getting these bills that they just don't bother to honour them.

I am challenging Water Minister Robert Pickersgill and the major players at the National Water Commission to make water available in these areas so that my friends and foes can have abundantly more of this 'life' which the NWC speaks of. It is transparent to the eyes of the sage that the NWC has forgot what their advertisement states: "Water is life". Those in authority need to know that the days of collecting water from some dirty streams are long gone in these communities.

Here is a something worth remembering from the Honourable Marcus Garvey: "The time you waste in levity in nonessentials, if you use it properly you will be able to guarantee to your posterity a condition better than you inherited from your fore fathers".

I am, etc.,

Allan 'Namibia' Martin

CSO

Kingston