2016 National Budget Public Consultations take place in North

Water supply, addition of new roads and upgrading the port of entry in Labasa were some of the issues raised by the North dwellers with the Attorney General, Aiyaz Saiyed-Khaiyum during the 2016 National Budget Public Consultations in Labasa.

A resident from Vunika, Kansami Naicker told the Attorney General that the water pressure in his area is very low.

Naicker said that they have raised this issue with the Water Authority of Fiji at the Labasa branch but nothing has been done.

Saiyed-Khaiyum has assured Naicker that he will have a discussion with the Authority and will try to solve this problem as soon as possible.

Meanwhile, the president of the Labasa Chamber of Commerce, Satish Chand raised the issue that there is a need of a back road in the Labasa Town.

Chand told the AG that there is only one road to Labasa town which is used by both light and heavy vehicles.

He said that there should be a separate back road for the heavy trucks which carries logs and sugar cane.

Chand said the Labasa town main road has only two lanes and it gets jammed since more development is taking place and more rural dwellers are now moving towards town.

Saiyed-Khaiyum said that Labasa is developing at a fast pace and indeed there is a need to address these issues.

He said that he will look into the Northern development plans and will get back to a possible solution soon.

Meanwhile, close to 45 people were present during the consultation.