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**Pinaldebe Residents' Frustration is Valid! Corporation Chairman Acknowledges Decades of Neglect**



Are you tired of navigating crumbling roads? Pinaldebe Regional Corporation Chairman, Gwautam Maharaj, admits that residents have every right to be upset. For years, several roads and communities have been severely neglected, with craters becoming a permanent fixture.

Maharaj, a resident himself, stands firmly with the people, understanding the deep frustration that has built up over a decade of inaction. He emphasizes that infrastructure, like machinery, requires consistent maintenance and care to prevent deterioration.

The corporation is now actively collaborating with the Ministry of Works, the local MP, and other stakeholders to address the most critical road conditions. Remedial works have already commenced in various communities, signaling a commitment to tackling these long-standing issues.

While acknowledging the shared responsibility for these assets, the corporation is working with residents to provide temporary relief and ensure basic access for daily life, like commuting to school.

However, funding remains a significant hurdle. Maharaj highlights the challenge of inheriting severely limited funds, impacting the corporation's ability to deliver timely improvements. The figures clearly tell a story of an "empty treasury," a key factor affecting service delivery.

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Transcript
00:00Chairman of the Pinaldebe Regional Corporation, Gwautam Maharaj, says residents have every right to be frustrated,
00:08admitting that several roads and communities have been neglected for years.
00:13Definitely there are craters existing for a very long time.
00:17Yes, people are upset. I, being a resident also of this region, is also upset.
00:23So I stand on the side of the people, understanding that for 10 years nothing has been done.
00:29When you have an asset, whether it's machinery, whether it's a road, it needs attention, it needs life cycle care.
00:37If nothing has been done to a particular road, as is the case, not only that road, many roads.
00:44Maharaj tells the TV6 Morning Edition the corporation is now working with the ministry, the area's MP and other stakeholders
00:52to address the worst affected roads,
00:55adding that remedial works are already underway in several communities.
01:00We are tackling this. We are taking it.
01:03This is a shared area between the Pinaldebe Regional Corporation, a border of the Pinaldebe Regional Corporation and asset of
01:10the Ministry of Works.
01:11And definitely I can say that collaboratively we have been doing some things and we will continue to do.
01:17Of course, with this particular area, like other areas, we will be working with the residents, which we have been
01:23doing,
01:24to be able to bring some measure of temporary relief, some measure of relief that will allow them to continue
01:30to traverse the area,
01:32to be able to drop children to school and all of that.
01:35He insists the corporation is committed to improving road conditions, while he notes funding remains a challenge.
01:43So that it's tied into, from a governance perspective, from managing, it is tied into many other elements.
01:50It is tied into the major element of funds availability, of which there is no doubt.
01:56As they say, the figures tell a story, figures don't lie per se.
02:00There is no doubt that the inheriting of very, very low funds of what we call an empty treasury
02:06is a key component in terms of how deliveries are made.
02:10Nicole M. Romany, TV6 News.
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