Water woes in Granville

On Saturday morning, the residents gathered outside WASA’s Granville water treatment plant where they staged a protest.

However, they were confronted by security officers at the facility.

Frustrated residents demanded pipeborne water saying life for the past three weeks had become unbearable.

There were very harsh words for Public Utilities Minister Fitzgerald Hinds, under whose remit, WASA falls.

“If he was in an area without water, bet your last cent he would not allow that area to suffer for three weeks,” a villager cried. Councillor for the area Shankar Teelucksingh, said residents were at their wits end as they had no water to conduct basic, daily household activities such as washing wares, washing clothe and using the toilet.

The only relief is via the costly avenue of paying for a truck borne water supply. Residents said that WASA is aware of their plight but have done nothing to ease it.

Teelucksingh, who is a councillor in the Siparia Regional Corporation, said that residents of Point Coco in Granville have been paying for truck-borne water supplies for the past 21 days.

During the protest, they begged Minister Hinds to, “have a heart”, at get involved to ensure WASA fixes what needs to be fixed so that water can once again flow through the pipes.

Residents said they have paid up all WASA water bills, for a service allow them to live At the protest, they demanded that Minister of Public Utilities, Fitzgerald Hinds, address the matter urgently.