‘Basket to fetch water’ -Better Hope NDC Chair says about money for drains

In the wake of last week’s spring tide flooding, Chair-man of the La Bonne Intention/Better Hope Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) Thakur Persaud says the rates and taxes collected are insufficient for the amount of work needed like clearing drains.

Responding to claims by residents of Montrose, Vryheid’s Lust and Better Hope that had the council cleared the drains the flooding would not have been so severe, Persaud said that the money allocated to the council was insufficient and with the lack of resources and machinery was “like a basket to fetch water”.