Sascha Wil­son

Fed up of their pleas for lights at their recre­ation ground falling on deaf ears, res­i­dents of Charu­ma Vil­lage, Biche, staged a fiery protest in the com­mu­ni­ty on Mon­day morn­ing.

Armed with plac­ards, they blocked the road twice in two ar­eas along the Cu­napo South­ern Main Road.

They com­plained that for the past 17 years, they have been plead­ing for lights to be in­stalled at the ground which plays an im­por­tant role in their lives and com­mu­ni­ty, but to date, noth­ing has been done.

The pavil­ion is al­so bro­ken down and pos­es a dan­ger.

Ter­ry Fran­cis, the com­mu­ni­ty ac­tivist, is call­ing on the au­thor­i­ties, in­clud­ing the Sports Min­is­ter, to say why their pleas are be­ing ig­nored.

The res­i­dents al­so com­plained about the lack of jobs and drainage in the com­mu­ni­ty.

Mean­while, vil­lager Noel Charles said res­i­dents are frus­trat­ed and are giv­ing the au­thor­i­ties a month to com­mu­ni­cate with them or they will re­sume protest ac­tion.

The po­lice and fire ser­vice re­spond­ed and cleared the de­bris off the road.