Shas­tri Boodan

An­gry res­i­dents of Todds Road in Cen­tral Trinidad blocked the Ca­paro Val­ley Bras­so Road in the vicin­i­ty of Are­na Road on Mon­day around 4 am and set tyres and oth­er de­bris on fire.

Res­i­dents said they are fed up with poor rep­re­sen­ta­tion and de­mand­ed that their MP Fos­ter Cum­mings ( La Hor­quet­ta/ Tal­paro) make the nec­es­sary moves to get a steady sup­ply of wa­ter in­to the com­mu­ni­ty and un­der­take re­pairs to their di­lap­i­dat­ed road.

The Chair­man of the Cou­va/Tabaquite/Tal­paro Re­gion­al Cor­po­ra­tion, Ryan Ram­per­sad, said the CT­TRC is sup­ply­ing truck-borne wa­ter to ar­eas with­out a pipe-borne ser­vice in parts of Tamana, Mun­do Nue­vo and Las Lo­mas. How­ev­er, Ram­per­sad said the fund­ing for this ac­tiv­i­ty is lim­it­ed to ar­eas with­out a pipeline.

"We do not have the fund­ing to sup­ply every­one with truck-borne ser­vices.”

Ram­per­sad said the roads the res­i­dents are com­plain­ing about fall un­der the Min­istry of Works and Trans­port. He said the CT­TRC was will­ing to help.

Cum­mings said "I am aware of the sit­u­a­tion and WASA has been work­ing to bring some re­lief to the res­i­dents. In ad­di­tion, the MOWT has start­ed road sta­bi­liza­tion works at a few land­slips in the com­mu­ni­ty and has as­sured me that road re­ha­bil­i­ta­tion works will fol­low."