Works and Transport Minister Rohan Sinanan renewed calls for people to desist from using tyres and other "temporary things" as barriers to try to repair any breaches in rivers, adding that such efforts would not hold out. "That is not the solution because those tyres would dislodge and end up somewhere, and they could cause
Work has started in the Penal area to repair five major breaches on a riverbank, and Works and Transport Minister Rohan Sinanan estimates the project will cost between $10-$12 million. The work began on Saturday at the New Cut Channel and is expected to take a month. The minister made the statement when he toured
The event was hosted by the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Management (ODPM) at the North Eastern College in Sangre Grande. It was part of the ODPM's National Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Month activities.
An "aggressive" desilting of major rivers and drains programme, in which the government has agreed to spend $300 million, is progressing smoothly in the central region, said the Works and Transport Ministry Rohan Sinanan. On Saturday, the minister and other officials visited sites in Central Trinidad to get a first-hand view of the work which