Stop dumping waste in waterways – Parag to vendors

Local Government Minister, Sonia Parag has called on market vendors to stop using the waterways to dispose of their solid waste.
The minister during an engagement with vendors who operate along the roadway adjacent to the Corriverton Market called on market vendors not to use waterways to dump solid waste.
Addressing the issue of a clogged canal in the area, Parag said it would be cleared but warned the vendors against the practice.
According to the minister, the cleaning of the canal will be a collaborative effort involving three Ministries noting that the necessary authorities have been engaged.

“Within two days in the upcoming week, we want to have that cleared out. I am imploring on vendors who are plying their trade along the roadway on the outer part of the market to ensure that they don’t throw their plastic bottles and their glass bottles and their garbage into the trenches because these things are contributing to the trenches being clogged and the drainage being clogged. so, we don’t have proper drainage and because of this a lot of times, it contributes to the stagnant water and to the floods,” Parag pointed out.
The Agriculture Ministry through the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority and the Public Works Ministry through the Sea Defense Board will undertake the cleaning of the canal, which is one of the town’s major waterways.
“We want to be able to help our communities and I want to implore upon residents and vendors to ensure that they try to keep their surrounding areas as clean as possible and don’t contribute to that problem; be a part of the solution,” the minister admonished. (G4)