Marvin challenges Barry to drink brown WASA water

Chester Sam­bra­no

Op­po­si­tion Chief Whip Mar­vin Gon­za­les has chal­lenged Pub­lic Util­i­ties Min­is­ter Bar­ry Padarath to drink a glass of the same brown wa­ter flow­ing from af­fect­ed house­hold taps, ques­tion­ing the min­is­ter’s as­sur­ance that the dis­coloured sup­ply is safe for do­mes­tic use.

In a so­cial me­dia post yes­ter­day, Gon­za­les called on Padarath to pub­licly demon­strate his con­fi­dence in the wa­ter be­ing sup­plied by the Wa­ter and Sew­er­age Au­thor­i­ty (WASA), af­ter the min­is­ter told Par­lia­ment on Wednes­day that the wa­ter re­mained safe for use.