DECLARE A NATIONAL water emergency!
Give the Department of Emergency Management (DEM) the lead role, and enlist the services of the Barbados Defence Force (BDF) in a national effort to bring relief to residents of more than half the island’s parishes who have been starved for water for a considerable time.
This was the advice of Opposition Leader Mia Mottley yesterday in an interview with the DAILY NATION, as she called on the private sector, the Church and other members of civil society to nudge Government into action on what she described as a national crisis.
By moving water relief to the top of the national agenda, the St Michael North East MP said it would also allow the Government to clear six brand-new water tenders that are now sitting in the Bridgetown Port, while across a wide section of the country residents wait angrily for the Barbados Water Authority to deliver water to their homes and businesses. (RRM)
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