Padarath: Nationwide drain cleaning drive ahead of rainy season

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April 30, 2026

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Padarath: Nationwide drain cleaning drive ahead of rainy season

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Shastri Boodan

The Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) has begun a series of nationwide clean-up and desilting exercises aimed at reducing the risk of flooding ahead of the rainy season, according to Public Utilities Minister Barry Padarath.

Padarath made the disclosure yesterday while speaking with Guardian Media at the launch of an exercise in Dow Village, California.

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