00:00Some of the problems on the Kurep Route 3 maxi taxi stand span years and are now added to other
00:06issues.
00:07It is daily frustration for those who use the area to apply their trade from there to Chaguanas.
00:12Clifton Ramroop is one of the drivers forced to contend with those conditions.
00:17Tell me about those problems.
00:19One, right now, they're unsafe because the streetlight, one, two, three, not working.
00:25So they're free to come before 6, 6 a.m. and after 7 p.m. they're unsafe.
00:31How long has the streetlights, all three of them, not been working?
00:34For the past three months, I make several calls.
00:37To whom?
00:38They give a toll-free number, hang up, they will get back to me and sometimes half an hour is
00:44still waiting.
00:45Only once I talk to somebody and before I give them the rest of the information, one light, I just
00:53give them the number, the poll.
00:54They cut me off.
00:56But a drain running parallel to the stand is another issue.
01:00The sewage on the drain is like felt, felt, right?
01:05Coming here, you could even get the scent while we talk, right?
01:09Thirdly...
01:10Do you have passengers complaining about that?
01:12Yes, they use a mask.
01:14Sometimes they use cochief to block their nose because difficulty in breathing, especially in the front of the stand.
01:19And the drain is running straight, then they're across.
01:23So they have to cross, especially when the rain falls.
01:27Sometimes the drivers spend a considerable amount of time on the stand before they can get a full trip.
01:32Ramrup says it poses a health concern for them.
01:35Oh, sometimes we have to use our inhaler, right?
01:40It's difficult to breathe, right?
01:42Especially now, right now you won't get the scent, but you have a certain time, the flush, and the sewage
01:47is coming on.
01:48According to Ramrup, they are repeatedly being told that the issues are being worked on, but they are not seeing
01:54any follow-up actions from the authorities.
01:56The drivers, along with business owners close to the stand, are calling on the powers that be to bring a
02:03resolution to the long-standing problems.
02:05Alicia Boucher, TV6 News.
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