Res­i­dents re­cent­ly af­fect­ed by heavy rains and flood­ing in sev­er­al parts of the con­stituen­cy of Ch­agua­nas West have been giv­en food re­lief ham­pers by their MP Di­nesh Ram­bal­ly.

As­sist­ed by mem­bers of his staff, Ram­bal­ly hand­ed the Namde­v­co food box­es to scores of needy and un­der­priv­i­leged res­i­dents of the La Paille and Ca­roni set­tle­ments, which are sit­u­at­ed on the flood plain of the Ca­roni Riv­er.

Al­so tak­ing part in the dis­tri­b­u­tion, which oc­curred on Tues­day, were coun­cil­lor Richard Ram­per­sad and con­stituen­cy sup­port­er Richard Ramkissoon.

Ram­bal­ly, who is re­cov­er­ing from a slight mus­cle in­jury that has re­strict­ed his mo­bil­i­ty, said he has been in con­stant con­tact with the chair­man of the Tu­na­puna/Pi­ar­co Re­gion­al Cor­po­ra­tion Kwe­si Robin­son, as flood re­lief ef­forts were con­duct­ed.

Ham­pers, which were al­lo­cat­ed to the Ch­agua­nas West con­stituen­cy by the Min­istry of Agri­cul­ture, Lands and Fish­eries, were al­so giv­en for dis­tri­b­u­tion to coun­cil­lors Richard Ram­per­sad (St Au­gus­tine South/Pi­ar­co/St He­le­na); Samuel Sankar (Kel­ly Vil­lage/War­renville); Amit Sook­nanan (San Juan/Laven­tille Re­gion­al Cor­po­ra­tion) and Wendy Fran­cis (Fe­lic­i­ty/En­deav­our) to help res­i­dents in their com­mu­ni­ties.