The Finance and Planning Ministry is being held responsible for the floodings that occurred as a result of heavy rainfalls. Even areas that were always dry after heavy rainfall were flooded recently. Residents complained that their kitchens and bedrooms were flooded tna that their toilets threw up their smelly ‘contents’.
Public Works Minister Riad Nurmohamed claimed that a lack of funds made it impossible to prevent the flooding issue. “If we had received the funds prior to the rainy season, we would not have these floodings. The water would have receded faster,” said Minister Nurmohamed who added that the water causes a lot of damage if it reaches the inside of people’s homes. Excavators have to deepen and widen water channels on a regular basis to keep the flooding issue under control. Most of the water channels have not had any maintenance for a long time which is why the drainage system is currently clogged. The minister urges residents to lend a helping hand by taking a shovel and deepening the small and narrow channels located near their homes. “We have to tackle the wide channels but lack the funds to do so. We have only done a small portion of the work that we have to do.”…[+]