MP Kesar Defends WASA’s Response To Point Fortin Water Outages, Rejects 20-Day Claims

Point Fortin MP Ernesto Kesar is defending the government’s handling of recent water supply disruptions in the borough, while accusing critics of exaggerating the extent of the outages.

In an address to residents on Sunday, Kesar said water service interruptions stemmed from repairs to infrastructure linked to the Point Lisas desalination system and a rupture on a 24-inch main serving Point Fortin. He said WASA kept the public informed throughout the process and deployed water trucks to affected communities.

“And that they would have increased the capacity to around 5.98. And then they go on now, on the 8th of October, you had restoration, Point Fortin, Popper, Self-Help, Newlands, Mahica, Clifton Hill, Egypt, and they go down. And then they go to the 9th, the 10th, the 11th, the 12th.”