Businessman donates bus to Hampton Court mandir

Six persons are now homeless following an afternoon blaze that destroyed their Lot 55 Mc

Doom, Greater Georgetown home on Monday. The house was occupied by the owner, 40-year-old Andy Beckham, his three children, his niece and her five-year-old daughter.

Beckham told Guyana

Times that he was on the East Coast of Demerara at the time of the fire and when he returned, he saw his home completely destroyed. His niece was also not at home.

The Guyana Fire Service and employees at Gafoors were praised for containing the fire to one location.

Guyana Times understands that members of Gafoors’ trained staff rushed to the scene with Gafoors firefighting equipment and immediately started to put out the blaze.

However, Beckham estimates $2 million in losses and is hoping for assistance to rebuild. Anyone interested in helping Beckham can contact him on telephone number 659-7191.

In 2022, this publication reported on over 70 people who lost their homes to fires, with 56 of those persons in Berbice. For the year thus far, several fires have already devasted homes and public buildings including the Christ Church Secondary School earlier in the month.

Only last week, a Norton Street, Lodge, Georgetown man was rendered homeless after a fire destroyed a two-storey wooden and concrete house.

Essequibo businessman, Parmeshwar

“Joe” Jagmohan on Sunday donated a bus to the Hampton Court Hari Dwar Mandir as a form of giving back to his hometown.

During the handing over ceremony, the businessman related that he always had a passion for community development, and has, over the years, looked at various ways in which he could improve the lives of residents of not just his community but other villages along the Essequibo Coast.

“The donation of the bus is not only donated to Hampton Court mandir but other mandirs can use it... It’s also not only for the Hindu religion but also for others... I’m trying my best to give back to my community and residents of Region Two as long as I can afford,” the kind businessman said Jagmohan added that the mandir had been a school for him while he was growing, up the leaders taught him ethics, values, morality, cultural music, dance, and more so, the teachings of Hinduism. He further noted that the teaching he received motivated him to give back to the temple.

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