Works Min­is­ter Ro­han Sinanan is ap­peal­ing to the pub­lic to ex­er­cise cau­tion and pa­tience as con­trac­tors work around the clock to make In­di­an Walk Road in Moru­ga ac­ces­si­ble.

Thou­sands of peo­ple con­tin­ue to be cut off af­ter a leak­ing wa­ter main caused the road to cave in on Tues­day night. Sinanan said WASA has been work­ing to clamp off two mains—a 12 inch and a 16-inch main. Once WASA com­pletes the project, the con­trac­tor Gen­er­al Earth Movers will be able to be­gin road re­pairs, Sinanan added. He said mo­torists can­not pass along the Moru­ga Main Road and ad­vised that al­ter­na­tive routes be utilised.

Mean­while, res­i­dents re­main hope­ful that the road will be fixed soon. Some res­i­dents said they have not been able to go to work while chil­dren have not been able to at­tend school.

Oth­ers said their wa­ter sup­ply has al­so been dis­rupt­ed. Mean­while, WASA in a state­ment said the wa­ter short­age was due to the con­nec­tion of the wa­ter mains at In­di­an Walk. The au­thor­i­ty said wa­ter would be re­stored once the lines are re­paired. The wa­ter main had been leak­ing for sev­er­al years.

Res­i­dent Di­anne Mark said a house next door owned by Jean and Kelvin Molli­no was de­stroyed af­ter the land slipped. Last De­cem­ber Car­ol Young and fam­i­ly al­so va­cat­ed her home be­cause of the slip­page.