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.