The Fyz­abad Cham­ber of Com­merce says it is very con­cerned about the oil leak flow­ing in­to the homes of res­i­dents of Mas­sa­hood Vil­lage.

Cham­ber Pres­i­dent, Ang­ie Jairam, said the cham­ber is wor­ried about the "im­me­di­ate im­pact" the spill is hav­ing on the health, safe­ty and men­tal sta­tus of the res­i­dents, as well as its im­pact on the econ­o­my and the en­vi­ron­ment.

Jairam told Guardian Me­dia this is the sec­ond time an oil spill has oc­curred in this area with­in the last nine months. She said, "The Fyz­abad Cham­ber of Com­merce is not pleased with the progress of busi­ness and the gen­er­al de­vel­op­ment of the com­mu­ni­ties over the years. Con­sid­er­ing the im­pact the crude oil in­dus­try had on T&T where Fyz­abad played a ma­jor role, Fyz­abad has and is still suf­fer­ing from an un­der­de­vel­oped en­vi­ron­ment in many ways, one be­ing the road net­work in­fra­struc­ture."

She added, "The Cham­ber hopes that Fyz­abad can ben­e­fit from the good news from Her­itage Pe­tro­le­um with re­gards to its $1b prof­it in the last fi­nan­cial year."