Senior Reporter
kay-marie.fletcher@guardian.co.tt
Officials at the Tunapuna/Piarco Regional Corporation say they have found the person responsible for dumping mounds of garbage which blocked a ravine, leading to flooding along a portion of the Churchill-Roosevelt Highway on Tuesday.
Corporation chairman Josiah Austin yesterday said yesterday that heavy dumping of garbage had blocked the underground drain cylinder, which caused the eastbound part of the highway in the Curepe/Pasea area near the Coca-Cola compound to flood following rains.
Giving an update to Guardian Media following the handover ceremony of sporting equipment donated by Changsha City, China, Austin said, “We’ve not just been cleaning, but we’ve found the source. There’s one person that’s been heavily dumping there. But, also, it’s a community thing, so we’re also dealing with the source of that. We had a lot of debris apart from the log that stuck there, we had a lot of debris added to that.”
Austin said the corporation’s litter wardens will be patrolling and are authorised to treat with people found littering.
“In our public health unit, we have our litter wardens, and they can go in and treat with the situation, and we will be dealing with the perpetrators accordingly. We are not taking that lightly. Also, we have some camera systems that we are going to roll out not just for the purpose of security, but also for litter prevention and to treat with those dump sites,” the chairman explained.
On Tuesday, apart from a section of the eastbound lane of the CRH being flooded, minor roads in nearby areas were inundated with mud, slush and debris.