Fiery protest over dry taps
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Just two hours after residents of the Olera Heights Housing Project blocked the road and burnt tyres on Saturday night, the Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) arrived to turn on the valves. More than 100 angry residents protested along Circular Road, San Fernando, outside the housing project. They demanded that the Housing Development Corporation explain why their taps went dry a week ago. ’The HDC came and did some work on the pipelines and then the water went. We did not have water for almost a week and nobody saying anything. WASA came and examined the work which was done but they said there were problems and cannot turn on the valves until the problems were rectified,’ a resident said. Police officers were called out to remove residents from the roadway. Fire officers arrived to extinguish the blaze and remove the debris. The resident said: ’About two hours later we saw WASA come in a turn on the valves. I don’t understand why we had to protest to get the water back. I hope it remains because we have children, pregnant women and elderly people living here and it’s very hard to them.’ The residents are demanding a meeting with San Fernando West MP Junia Regrello to discuss their concerns. (Trinidad Express) |
