February 24, 2015 marked the second anniversary of the tragic road accident which claimed the lives of Akasha Paul, 7, her sister Shakira, 8 and their mother Haydee, 28 when an off-duty police officer ploughed his car into six pedestrians in the vicinity of Sea Lots.
Among those seriously injured in the accident were Abigail Assing, 31, Ryan Rampersad, 20 and Amanda Lalla, 50.
Since this tragedy, the government has constructed what they call, a safety zone, which, in part, consists of a barricade aimed at protecting pedestrians from cars which may inadvertently careen into the sidewalk from the highway.
This fact is in stark contrast to the walkover which was started in March of 2014 in the borough of Chaguanas and completed in time for Divali, an annual Hindu religious celebration, which was observed in November of the same year. Its primary purpose being to service devotees and visitors to the Divali Nagar site, since there isn’t a residential community in this area.
This has not gone unnoticed by the citizens of this country and especially the residents of Sea Lots.