MPs join Arima residents’ protest for water

Res­i­dents from sev­er­al com­mu­ni­ties in and around Ari­ma are call­ing for the ur­gent in­ter­ven­tion of the Wa­ter and Sew­er­age Au­thor­i­ty (WASA), as they say the lack of a steady wa­ter sup­ply sched­ule has brought their lives to a stand­still.

These is­sues were raised dur­ing a protest at Flamin­go Boule­vard, Mal­abar, yes­ter­day morn­ing, where dis­grun­tled res­i­dents plead­ed with WASA for some re­lief.

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Op­po­si­tion Leader Pen­ne­lope Beck­les was there and ac­knowl­edged that of­fi­cials from WASA ex­plained the chal­lenges re­lat­ing to wa­ter sup­ply and how it was re­lat­ed to low­er lev­els of rain­fall record­ed for the year thus far.