MP Tancoo takes a dig at Minister of works, asks him to fix the landslip in San Francique

Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago: United National Congress' MP Devendranath Tancoo has issued an open challenge to government Minister Rohan Sinanan and demanded him to keep his promise given in parliament to fix the landslip in San Francique. Tancoo said that a serious landslip at the 4mm in San Francique had caused damage to the road and houses nearby and required immediate attention, and the road is almost impassable.

MP Devendranath Tancoo stated that two years ago, the Minister of Works Rohan Sinanan had assured the residents the issue was, in fact urgent, and was receiving government attention.

MP Tancoo said there had been absolutely no work done on-site of the landslip during the Minister's tenure despite his assurances.

UNC's Minister that government failed to even acknowledge a petition by affected citizens requesting his intervention which was received by his office earlier this year.

He said residents of Oropouche West had expressed frustration at the Minister's casual ignoring of their concerns. As such, the Oropouche West MP is asking citizens to speak their concerns to the Minister.

Not only that, the UNC minister asked people to call government Minister Sinanan via telephone, email, and mailing address.

Earlier in February, over 100 residents of San Francique had signed a petition over landslides and bad roads to the Ministry of Works and Transport. The petition was created by Carissa Nanan, who said it had been more than a decade since people are facing the issue of bad roads and landslides in the area.