Minister Dillon tours Greenvale to view repair and mitigation works

Following serious flooding in the Greenvale community last October, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, through the Housing Development Corporation (HDC), and the Ministry of Works and Transport have been conducting extensive works within the community.
Minister of Housing and Urban Development, the Hourable Major General (Retd) Edmund Dillon toured the community on Wednesday April 3, 2019, to get a first hand view of the repairs that were done to the homes at Greenvale as well as the works to dredge and widen the Caroni River to increase its capacity during heavy rainfall.

Minister Dillon was accompanied by Prime Minister Dr the Hon. Keith Rowley and Minister of Works and Transport, Senator the Hon. Rohan Sinanan. HDC’s chairman Newman George and Managing Director, Brent Lyons were also a major part of the tour.