A true Cinderella compared to other parts of the island, the District of Black River will finally have a fire hall. It will open its doors by the end of November 2012 and will serve all the villages lying between Bamboo and Chemin Grenier.
A ceremony of laying foundation stone took place this Sunday, December 11 on the main road of Tamarin with the Minister of Local Government Hervé Aimée as well as three of the elected opposition. In this case, Alan Ganoo, Maya and Hanoomanjee Josique Radegonde-Haines.
The project proposed by the Management Audit Bureau (MAB) in 1990 and so far, any fire in the West was to be circumscribed by the firemen of Quatre-Bornes, even St-Aubin, a village in the South near Rivière-des-eels. So that in many cases, the flames had already destroyed a building when the soldiers landed on the fire place.
" It is not possible for a region - with more than 70,000 souls, 15 hotels, 42 guest tables, 160 tourist residences, four nightclubs and a shopping center - is not equipped with a fire station firefighter. In case of fire, with the distance and traffic congestion, seen arriving firefighters that three-quarters of an hour later , "exclaimed Herve Aime, also a deputy of the place.
This new station will be built at a cost of Rs 40 million on an area of ??4 300 m3 in front of the restaurant La Bonne Chute. It will host the first fighters right out of the operation. Aimee Minister took the opportunity to report on the construction of four barracks in Goodlands, White Mountain, New France and Rose-Belle and the development of a Fire Bill.
Apart from the real estate side, Hervé Aimée said a budget of Rs 250 million was voted for the training and recruitment of firefighters. As for the acquisition of equipment such latest and three trucks that have joined the fleet of firefighters recently.
Equipped with various equipment, they can also help to extricate the victims in road accidents by hydraulic jacks and give them first aid.
The Minister of Local Government has invited his opponents to come to Parliament to lay the first stone of the barracks Tamarin at his side, indicating that the field, they must be united to advance the cause of citizens. He explained that when the Labour Party alliance and the Mauritian Militant Movement (PTR / DSS) between 1995 and 1997, Alan Ganoo and himself made so that the hospital-Yves Cantin is open 24 hours on 24, the health facility nearest being at Candos.
Another revelation of Hervé Aimée: Maya Hanoomanjee planned opening of a regional hospital in Black River.