200 residents affected by flooding along B.S Charan Road in Lautoka

Flooding Weather

200 residents affected by flooding along B.S Charan Road in Lautoka

By Semi Turaga

Friday 29/01/2021

Flash flooding along a residential road in Luvu in Lautoka at 8.20am today. [Image: James Prasad]

B.S Charan Road in Luvu settlement in Lautoka is not accessible at the moment as it is flooded.

There are more than 200 households in the area.

Residents say at this stage, floodwaters have not entered any of the homes and they have been working together to dig drains to prevent the floodwaters from reaching their compounds.

There is also flooding in other parts of Lautoka like Queens Highway at Navutu.

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