Marcelle, Padarath spar over Beetham power restoration

Laven­tille West MP Ka­reem Mar­celle has ac­cused the gov­ern­ment of de­lib­er­ate­ly de­lay­ing the restora­tion of elec­tric­i­ty to Beetham Gar­dens, a claim Pub­lic Util­i­ties Min­is­ter Bar­ry Padarath has de­nied say­ing safe­ty con­cerns fol­low­ing Sat­ur­day's fire at a TSTT com­pound com­pro­mised elec­tric­i­ty lines in the area.

In a se­ries of so­cial me­dia posts on Mon­day, Mar­celle said he was re­li­ably in­formed that elec­tric­i­ty was ex­pect­ed to re­turn to Beetham Gar­dens by 7 am, but al­leged that a UNC min­is­ter had in­struct­ed the Trinidad and To­ba­go Elec­tric­i­ty Com­mis­sion (T&TEC) not to re­store the sup­ply by that time.

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“One Se­nior Of­fi­cial was brought to tears. He in­di­cat­ed he has NEV­ER seen this lev­el of hate, spite and racism in his pro­fes­sion­al life!” Mar­celle wrote.