Minister in the Ministry of Public Works, Deodat Indar yesterday afternoon engaged residents and sand pit operators at Tower Road, Yarrowkabra on issues affecting the Soesdyke-Linden Highway community.
A release from the ministry said that Indar’s intervention follows a commitment by President Irfaan Ali at an outreach on Wednesday to remedy the conflict between the sand pit operators and residents.
At yesterday’s meeting it was decided that approximately 60 households in the community will benefit from water tank distributions in the coming week. This is meant to alleviate concerns that the sandpit operators may have contaminated a spring used for residential water, the release said.
Additionally, Indar stated that the sandpit operators will receive official correspondence to warn against the use of the community’s roadway for trucking activities. The Minister said the indiscriminate use of the roadway will not be tolerated since it negatively impacts the residents. .
The residents were encouraged to remain vigilant and report cases where truck drivers may act contrary to the notice, the release said.
While speed limit signs will be erected along the route the trucks use, Indar called on the sand pit operators to honour their corporate social responsibility to the community by regularly grading the residents’ thoroughfare.
The operators were also asked to conduct their operations in a manner that reduces noise nuisance in the community. There are five sand pit operators in the community.
