MINISTER of Rural Development and Local Government Khadijah Ameen launched her ministry's 2025 flood mitigation exercise at Chaguanas Borough Corporation on May 13.

Addressing assembled councillors from local government bodies across Trinidad, she vowed to help co-ordinate all corporations to work together such as by pooling equipment to help avert and curb flooding.

After the formalities she invited all to see a parade of some of the vehicles to be used against flooding such as excavators and dump trucks, whose drivers (including one female driver) she warmly shook hands with as they drove past assembled guests. In her address she lamented that in the recent past, areas had been cleared of dirt which was then piled up nearby, to remain uncollected for another two weeks.