Works and Transport Minister Rohan Sinanan says his ministry is pursuing all avenues to ensure the necessary steps are taken to mitigate flooding.
Responding to the recent flooding in Sangre Grande, Minister Sinanan said the process relies on Inter-Agency Collaboration and Stakeholder Consultation.
He said it was time to rise above what he described as the blatant politicking which feeds the country the wrong narrative that flooding is the problem of the government rather than seek to work together as a country to mitigate what is an increasing global occurrence.
According to Minister Sinanan, the Ministry of Works and Transport is undertaking its yearly aggressive desilting campaign geared at mitigating the occurrence of flooding.
In addition, Sinanan also noted that the issue of building settlements in low-lying areas continues to increase the incidence of flooding.