SASCHA WIL­SON

Res­i­dents of In­di­an Walk in Moru­ga are protest­ing over dust and the lack of wa­ter pipe borne wa­ter in their com­mu­ni­ty.

From ear­ly this morn­ing, the res­i­dents be­gan burn­ing tyres and de­bris along the Moru­ga Road, near Third Com­pa­ny Road.

Res­i­dents com­plained that a few months ago, they fixed a land­slip, but the road was not re­paired.

Eighty-two-year-old Joyce Woods told Guardian Me­dia the dust is mak­ing life a night­mare.

"It af­fect­ing me bad, all in­side,” Joyce Woods said.  “You drink­ing dust. You eat­ing dust. You sleep­ing dust. The dust bad and they not fix­ing the road at all."

The burning debris placed in the Moruga Main Road by protesting residents of Indian Walk in Moruga, on Monday 12 December 2022. Residents protested bad road conditions, heavy dust, and no water in their taps. [Image by RISHI RAGOONATH]

The In­di­an Walk res­i­dent told Guardian Me­dia that what makes mat­ters worse is that the area has an ir­reg­u­lar wa­ter sup­ply.

“The last time we got wa­ter,” Woods said, “was two weeks ago.”

In­di­an Walk res­i­dents say they can­not even clean their homes for Christ­mas and the dust is mak­ing them ill them sick.

They in­tend to con­tin­ue their protests un­til their is­sues are ad­dressed.