It seems some people are sleeping on the job or incompetent to do their job.
Most of our densely populated urban centres are beside waterways.
In the small downpour that occurred this past few days, most of these waterways burst its banks.
The US army of engineers manual, which has the responsibility of overseeing after most waterways in the United States, they required to do dredging every two years in bodies of water that are 60 feet and less in depth.
In Fiji because of incompetency or laziness at the responsible ministry, there are now tens of millions of dollars worth of damages to properties and appliances.
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The cost of dredging the Nadi River may cost around a couple of thousands if not hundreds of thousands dollars.
The damage has amounted to millions of dollars due to no regular dredging.
The minister responsible must be busy jetting around the world to care about the mundane efforts of keeping our towns and urban areas flood free.
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