Penal residents without water

Newsday spoke to a resident, Roshni Rampersad, said that despite repeated calls to the Water and Sewage Authority’s (WASA) Call centre, there have been no improvements in the situation resulting in several households in the area going without water.

“I and other residents have tried calling the WASA call centre for them to look into the matter but they keep telling us that the officials can’t see anything wrong with the pipes supplying us with water, but yet our taps are still dry.

We’ve also tried getting into contact with our Councillor, Ms Shanti Boodram but we haven’t gotten her as yet.” Rampersad said that the situation has left residents feeling neglected adding that unless rectified, the consequences could be severe.

“There are a lot of elderly people and children that live on this street. I myself have a newborn baby, this is a serious health issue for everyone.” Newsday attempted to contact Councillor, Shastri Boodram and Member of Parliament for the area, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, but was unsuccessful.