Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit said government has to put aside certain programs and projects that it had previously planned to undertake to take care of damage caused by days of heavy rainfall recently.
Considerable damage had been reported in the eastern part of the island causing some families had to be evacuated from their homes in Good Hope and Petite Soufriere.
Government must address that situation but also has to deal with damage brought on by the collapse of Matthieu Dam in July, Skerrit said on DBS Radio.
He disclosed that government is seeking $27-million from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) in response to the Layou disaster alone.
Government has said it will have to reconstruct roads in several communities after heavy rain lashed the island in the past weeks. The parliamentary representative for Castle Bruce constituency had described the situation there as a disaster, after reporting seven to 10 major landslides.
Prime Minister Skerrit said: “Its extensive damage. Families have been affected, farms have been affected. What we projected to do for this financial year, in some cases we have to set some projects and programs aside to respond to people because we cannot have people’s livelihoods affected and not be responsive as a government.”
The Carib Territory reported damage to roads and landslides had been reported in Grand Fond.
“It’s a real challenge, we have to find the resources one way or the other,” Prime Minister Skerrit said emphasizing that government needs to also find a long-term response to the situation.
I am reminded of the sccipture verse:”Unless the Lord builds the house, the work of the Labourer is in vain…..” God is speaking to us but we are breaking stick in our ears because we do not want to hear.
You call that a bridge? At least spend 500k on it, like the bridge before you cross bathestate that bridge looking like it was strong back in the day.
??’ u have guts wee, u must b one of those with passport money in your pocket
Too much evil in the place therefore I know my God is talking. He is touching us in the South and West with flooding, East with landslides and North with quakes. My people stop the evil doings and reconcile
Our national or annual budget must provide for such natural disaster. I think we are in a reacting mode. Moving forward, we need to use all our qulified resources to correct all possible challenges to our inferstructure. Our country is blessed with natural beauty, however we need to understand how to adjust to nature safely with the use of modern technology; we must always be one step ahead!!
we need submarines to solve this.
Yes, rain we stop flooding bridges when Dominica stops building bridges in the river. All bridges in Dominica are flat are not elevated. Just take a look at the last three bridges that were built in Roseau; bath estate, Winsor park and now Roseau market curve the bloody bridges to compensate for river overflow people. Sometimes I wonder who and where are the engineers in DA. they are food for rivers that flood their banks.
And the worst part is the parliamentary representative asking you to have patient.All your rubbers and shocks on your transport going bad. You have to replace them .Tyre finishing fast,and the police not giving any chance. so why give government any chance. We want our road to fix ,so please Mr minister fix our roads please we are getting impatient
Nice job Mya ..
It is a disgrace to drive on the South Eastern District. It is really unbelievable. The roads are in a rather dilapidated condition. Where are the Pal Reps, where are the village Councils…..what is Government doing about the situation. The land slides are still on the roads. Please P.M give the south east some urgent attention. Thanks
It seems that you have no idea about a natural disaster and it seemed that you did not read the article. Yes the roads in the South East are in a bad condition but remember the whole country was touched by this disaster and especially the Layou Valley area and there is as challenge with equipments. Most are privately owned and if used Government must pay them. So if you do have money or equipment as it seems from the way you are speaking then give or donate some of your money, equipment, time and not your parler parler. Parler, parler pas ca wangay zafey. We have no place for parleyers but actioners and team work and team spirit. Ask what canyou do for your country.
Also it does not seem that you are aucourant with the kind of terrain and challenges we have in DA. Also you have not been reading the news lately or you would know that many parts of the World are exposed to Flooding and many other natural disasters. Time to thank the Lord for his mercy on us since it could be worse and also praise that we did not have casuaties or death as many of the other nations experienced. Just my tuppence!
I suppose if the government had given the private owners of these equipments instead of only chinese, they may be agreeable to do some work without pay, but… that didn’t happen so they will not work for free cause they can’t even afford petrol. What a tangled web we weave.
it would help to look at PWC with a little more relevant,that way you put Dominican to work and in turn the country will get fix,stop trying to phase them out.
Infrastructure in Dominica is a challenge greater than any other island in the Caribbean.
Nobody Can Cross It……
There is 27 million from the state Malace.