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Prime Minister Stuart Young said government will pay $1 million to the lone survivor and $1 million each to the families of the four men who died in the Paria tragedy in February 2022. He said an exact date for the $5 million payout could not be given at this time.

On February 25, 2022, Land and Marine Construction Services (LMCS) divers Kazim Ali Jnr, Rishi Nagassar, Fyzal Kurban, Yusuf Henry and Christopher Boodram were repairing a 30-inch pipeline at Paria’s Pointe-a-Pierre facility when they were sucked into it.

Only Boodram managed to escape. LMCS was contracted by Paria to repair the pipeline.