Asinate Dawai says, villages located near the Nadi riv­erbank need immediate as­sistance.

She said this assistance needed to be in terms of protection from the landslides that were occurring.

Ms Dawai, who hails from Nar­ewa Village, raised the issue when the Attorney–General and Min­ister for Economy Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum during a presentation on the Nadi flood alleviation project during the consultation for the re­vised 2021-2022 National Budget at the Civic Centre on March 8.

“The major problem that we are seeing in the flooding period that we have just experienced recently starting from Yavusania Village right up to along Saunaka and Na­voci, Namotomoto, Nakavu there are landslides which we are expe­riencing on the riverbank,” she said.

“Even at Narewa Village where I live, I always see that our houses are getting close to the river bank. It’s moving closer and we fear that we need an immediate help to pro­tect the river banks of Nadi which will also protect the town too.”

She said the village of Yavusania in Nadi made an internal arrange­ment and managed to relocate a family from the villages living near the Nadi riverbank to Tuna­lia

“We seek your partnership for this immediate project in which we might need it earlier,” she said

“You have also enlightened the village representatives and also the communities in Nadi who at­tended the workshop at the No­votel. We were well informed of these strategies that you are put­ting in place to salvage the situa­tion in Nadi and we thank you.”

The Attorney-General and Minis­try of Economy Aiyaz Sayed-Khai­yum confirmed he would look into the matter

“That’s something that we need to consider. We can get back to you. I can’t even answer now, but defi­nitely something that we need to consider,” he said

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