North team receives Fiji’s permanent representative to the UN

Fiji’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Satyendra Prasad, was welcomed by the Commissioner Northern Division, Uraia Rainima, as he took a tour of the division last week.

The tour began with a briefing by Rainima which was also attended by Heads of Departments from various Government Ministries and institutions.

As part of his tour, Prasad visited the Soasoa Flats in Labasa, where he was briefed by Rainima on the effects of flooding along the area which over the years have impacted cane farmers.

He also visited Tiritiri Settlement, a small cane farming settlement located 2 kilometres away from Labasa Town that has been affected by saltwater intrusion.

The nature-based seawall constructed by the Government, through the Ministry of Waterways in 2020, in the village of Raviravi in the interior of Macuata, was another project included in the tour.

During this visit, Prasad also met and spoke with community members to learn more about how the various assistance programmes by the Government have helped them.

Prasad also made a stop at Lekutu Secondary School in Bua, where he was briefed on the development of a newly constructed school block to replace the ones damaged by Tropical Cyclones Yasa and Ana. The team also visited the Nabavatu relocation site in Dreketi, Macuata to witness the development of the relocation plan.

The delegation concluded the tour with a meeting with the Savusavu Blue Town Committee to discuss their progress in implementing the Blue Town model and the way forward for their work.