Acting Prime Minister Dale Marshall is currently on tour with Department of Emergency Management officials in the wake of the passage of Tropical Storm Kirk.
He is visiting the Princess Alice Pumping Station in the City; the Bayland, St Michael and Wotton, Christ Church.
Earlier this morning, he had revealed 11 people had to be rescued from rising flood waters – three in Lowlands, Christ Church, one in Wotton, two in Kirtons, St Philip, two in Chapman Lane and three senior citizens at Rockley, Christ Church.
The Acting Prime Minister further defended government’s decision not to shut down the island. He said it cost millions of dollars whenever the island was shut down for days like bank holidays, and a shutdown would have meant closing the Grantley Adams International Airport, preventing flights from arriving and leaving.
He also praised the members of the emergency services and teams from the Royal Barbados Defence Force, the Barbados Defence Force and the Fire Service for their “gallantry” in their rescue efforts. (HLE)
