Sinanan promises to fix North Oropouche road

They called on Minister of Works Rohan Sinanan to address their plight immediately as they feel they are being overlooked because they reside in a rural area. The protestors were pacified though with assurance coming from Minister Sinanan that work will begin on fixing the road in three weeks time.

The road has been impacted negatively due to the laying of pipelines in the area with the Water and Sewage Authority (WASA) on April 19, 2016, promising “restoration of the roadway will commence on Wednesday 20th April, 2016 with resumption of the pipe laying project beginning on Monday.

The Authority apologises for the inconvenience caused and thanks the residents for their patience and understanding in this matter.” Irate residents say they have been patient for far too long as the bad road is affecting their health, vehicles and jobs. Fishing Pond resident Prakash Ramkissoon explained to Newsday how the road affects his community.

“Now is dry season so is real dust. Villagers complaining, business people complaining, people that selling their food have to stop because of the dust. And when rain fall is mud so we have it real bad. I think Fishing Pond road is one of the worst road in Trinidad. We take the Minister word and we cleared the road and we wait on him (now).

In the next two weeks things going to happen again if he don’t fix the road,” he declared.

Ramkisoon continued, “They get in touch with the Minister Rohan and he say in three weeks time he will fix the road. We say ‘we want it in writing’ but he say ‘don’t worry it will fix’. We say ‘okay we will take your word for it’. The villagers themselves helped clear the debris and all the burning thing from the road with the hope that in three weeks time he will fix the road.”