FALMOUTH, Trelawny:
TRELAWNY FOOD For The Poor has come to th assistance of the recent flood victims in Trelawny by donating 50 housing units.
According to Member of Parliament for North Trelawny, Wendell Stewart, the constituency in which the victims were flooded, "This benevolent organisation acceded to my appeals along with the help of Roman Catholic Bishop, The Most Reverend Charles Dufour in making the donation."
The units will be awarded to the worst affected victims in the three flooded areas of Falmouth, Zion, and Logwood Valley, Stewart said. "A bipartisan committee comprising of the Local Ministers Fellowship, Office of Disaster Prepared and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Ministry of Labour and Social Security, the Trelawny Parish Council and nominated representatives from the area will oversee the distribution of the units", he informed.
The MP said that although the waters have subsided if another similar shower should come, which is almost a surety, there is going to be a recurrence of the flooding and irrespective of the structure the people will have to be once again relocated and this is going to be happening continually.
He noted that to solve this the only solution is relocation and he is presently locked in negotiation to identify a suitable piece of land for this relocation. The MP who has voiced his opposition to political free rides, which has caused him to become unpopular in certain quarters, because of his abhorrence of such practices, is warning that although he will investigate persons circumstances and be willing to help, the lands will not for free. The areas mentioned flooded recently, as a result of heavy rains associated with a weather condition, which had affected the island.
