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  • 6 months ago
Matura Residents are fed up of water and electricity woes in their community. One resident spoke on behalf of the community on TV6's Morning Edition. Here's more from Dominic Ramroop.
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00:00according to matura resident kevin anthony nicholas his community has been feeling ostracized for the
00:06past 18 years as he revealed that the residents currently do not receive a pipeborne water supply
00:12how many days per week are you all getting water none most of the times you either
00:20um catch rain water when it don't have any rainfall you you have to depend on uh spring which which um
00:30you will have to walk to and you will also face the dangers of the wild animals like snakes etc
00:38and um if that is not the option you choose then you'll have to pay for either one of the truck
00:46the truck borne water and you'll have to pay and it'll be expensive according to nicholas residents
00:51have attempted numerous times over the past years to contact various officials however these attempts
00:56appear to have been futile they have also contacted their new mp minister of defense wayne sturge
01:02but they haven't yet been able to secure a meeting though they intend to in the near future we would
01:08have approached numerous um officials both at the sandy grande corporation we would have approached
01:16the current um councillor who would have replaced mr terry runden and yet still the the the action
01:27is very slow in coming we have been sent to numerous places numerous um officials and yet still no one
01:37seems to take the time to come and actually look at the situation nicholas says residents are now fed up
01:44of being bypassed as they see other surrounding areas being developed while they are left without
01:49basic needs such as water and electricity we are only 800 meters from the main road where you have
01:57t and tech um poles right there the water line the main is right there and yet still they would have
02:07connected areas um west of us which will be areas like um vega or approach and areas north of us which will be areas like um
02:19um suku suku trace south etc right and then we smack in the middle and we constantly being bypassed
02:31and it is frustrating he maintains that the residents do not want to have to resort to taking action but
02:38if their concerns are not addressed they may have to explore that path dominic ramroop tv6 news
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