SOME OF THE Fairchild Street vendors who have been shifted because of this week’s demolition of the old National Insurance Scheme (NIS) building in Bridgetown have received dislocation grants in the form of $2 000 cheques.
A vendor, who requested anonymity, said members of the Ministry of Agriculture passed by Saturday after 4 p.m. They said those who did not receive a cheque were told they would get one today.
While the vendor said she was appreciative of the gesture, she expressed scepticism.
“At least we are getting something instead of nothing, but to survive on that for five weeks is impossible, because I don’t even feel it will only take five weeks to build a new market for us. This money won’t stretch. I don’t know what I’m going to do yet; I will have to wait and see. You accept what you are given and that’s what you get,” she said. (CA)
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