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GML Cor­re­spon­dent

New­ly ap­point­ed chair­man of the Wa­ter and Sew­er­age Au­thor­i­ty (WASA), Roshan Bab­wah, says tack­ling the coun­try’s wa­ter sup­ply chal­lenges—par­tic­u­lar­ly in un­der­served ar­eas—is the new board’s top pri­or­i­ty.

Speak­ing with Guardian Me­dia at In­di­an Ar­rival Day cel­e­bra­tions in Cou­va yes­ter­day, Bab­wah, 55, a lawyer by pro­fes­sion, said WASA has been in­un­dat­ed with com­plaints from res­i­dents in South and Cen­tral Trinidad, as well as parts of the East–West Cor­ri­dor.