Thousands of citizens have been left distressed and counting their losses in the aftermath of heavy rains and floods, landslips and landslides last week.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars have already been spent on clean-up efforts by the authorities and that figure could run into millions of dollars after the operations are completed.
Minister of Rural Development and Local Government Faris Al-Rawi, said that his Ministry was still in the middle of clean-up exercises and he could not give a cost.
Chairmen from several regional corporations were involved in clean-up exercises as they worked vigorously to return their regions to pre-flood conditions.
Chairman of the Tunapuna/Piarco Regional Corporation Kwasi Robinson said the clean up could cost his corporation at least half a million dollars.
He said in the initial days they had landslides in Aripo and Maracas Valley and the El Dorado area, and they are working to bring the areas back to some level of normalcy.
Arima Mayor Cagney Casimire, meanwhile, said that Arima was “badly hit” in last week’s floods.
He estimates that undertaking works after landslides would cost the Arima Corporation $200,000.
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