Mayaro MP vex with govt after Bret

The storm which packed winds of over 65 kilometres per hour, dumped between 50 and 100 millimetres of rainfall, which resulted in severe flooding and blown-off roofs. In the Mayaro/Rio Claro region there were reports of over 100 roofs being either partially or wholly blown off.

In a telephone interview yesterday, Paray said while the response from Mayaro businesses has been good, he was disappointed with government’s response to the natural disaster.

“We have received no support,” he said.

“The corporation has received no support – not one piece of ply, not one sheet of galvanise – up to 12 o’clock today. Any caring government looking at the issues would have made some effort to provide some sort of relief.

“If you notice today – the weather pattern – you talking about two days of heavy rainfall: nothing in the line of what had happened last week, but you still have over 100 homes which do not have any roofs. I’m sure these families would be seeking refuge by friends and family, but again, the people they seeking refuge by are also people of little means.” Asked whether the Ministry of Social Development had visited families affected by the storm, he said he was told that an official from the National Self Help Commission had started visiting a few families.

“But that too again, coming out of the uttering of the minister in Parliament, those things going to take two to three weeks to process which is unacceptable based on the circumstances.

There must have been a speedier way to deal with some of these matters.”