Montrose/Longdenville in danger of flooding

THE EDITOR: I see that the government Ministers are now speaking of drainage problems and possible flooding in the rainy season. I wish that they will act now to prevent flooding. I know of a situation that is sure to cause flooding in Montrose and Longdenville. This is because of the bottle neck in the Marchen River caused by a land owner who has built a hardware over the river by covering over the river with a paved platform, where this river crosses the Southern Main Road in Lendore Village. It seems that nobody is willing to do anything.

A little lower down adjacent to Tobago Road, individuals have filled the Marchen river basin to appropriate land for building. The river is now narrowed to a width of 1 metre, from 10 metres. Another individual in the area has filled up a public drain and built over the drain. Even without these restrictions there were floods in the area, now we can expect a lot more. The authorities such as drainage and the EMA seem, content to remain in office until the floods go down, they will not act to prevent floods in Central.

PRAMSU LAL
Charlieville