Belama III residents still flooded

Rebuilding efforts after Hurricane Keith may be well underway, but some residents of the Belama Phase III area are complaining that they are still suffering. Part of their street has been largely under water for over three years and neither the City Council or the Ministry of Works have responded to their complaints. Today News 5 put on its boots to see just how things are.

Camille Chuck, Residents

?Every single day, every morning, every night, we have to walk through this water if there is no vehicle. The vehicle keeps getting condemned and other than that you have to deal with the crocodile that?s in the water. There is roughly a three feet crocodile in the water and then there?s a big one in the canal. That big one comes out as well on the street. I?m coming in 9:00, 9:30 at night, the bus doesn?t want to come this way, so it leaves me at the entrance, and I have to foot it through that water. If the crocodile is there, I have to shake the bus or whatever to chase it and then run across the water. That?s ridiculous! All I want is for them to come and full the street. If they are waiting for that water to go down, then forget it, I will have to continue walking through it. That will never be dry for them to do it, they have to do it now regardless of the water.

Jorge Chuck, Residents

?You see where that yellow gallon is sitting there? I had to mark those spots, they are very deep and reaches about my waist. The reason I put that there is because my neighbour, who lives up the road, his son fell in the water and nearly drowned.?

Camille Chuck

?All I want is for them to fix the streets, even if they just have to throw stones. Just put it high enough that the water won?t affect people. These kids have to pass through the water every single morning and evening when the come home. This is not healthy for them.?

Allan Pech, Residents

?I have to take off my sandals and when I reach over there I put it on back. I have to take a rag and a little bottle to wash off my foot.?

Residents say that three of the five families that lived beyond the flooded area have already moved to other parts of the city.