Flood­wa­ters are ris­ing along Pe­nal Rock Road fol­low­ing in­tense rain­fall around mid­day on Tues­day.

Among the ar­eas worst hit was the five-mile mark near Kubairs­ingh Hin­du School, as well as Good­man Trace and Mulchan Trace.

At the Num­ber 2 Bridge at Car­rat Hill Junc­tion, res­i­dent Randy Ram­ta­hal said the 18-inch pipes in­stalled at the project were un­able to ac­com­mo­date the wa­ter flow, which comes from as far as Moru­ga. Ram­ta­hal said the project was sup­posed to be com­plet­ed this month, but pile works had failed.

“When you block the main wa­ter course and put an 18-inch pipe, there is no way all the wa­ter will pass through that. We be­lieve this is what is ex­ac­er­bat­ing the flood­ing,” Ram­ta­hal said.

Mean­while, the Chair­man of the Pe­nal/Debe Re­gion­al Cor­po­ra­tion, Gow­tam Ma­haraj, says dis­as­ter man­age­ment teams are on the ground bring­ing re­lief to flood vic­tims af­ter heavy rains caused over two feet of wa­ter to gath­er in some parts of Pe­nal Rock Road.

“In some places at the five-mile mark, peo­ple have called for as­sis­tance. Our teams are now out re­spond­ing to dis­tress calls. The en­tire main road is flood­ed, as well as side roads. We are try­ing to pro­vide as much re­lief as pos­si­ble,” he added.

He al­so men­tioned that the bridge at Mon­key Town is al­so in­com­plete, and peo­ple are con­cerned that the peren­ni­al flood­ing at both sites will cause fur­ther set­backs and pre­vent the bridges from be­ing com­plet­ed be­fore the start of the new school term.