Hundreds of ash-laden bags swept up in northern parishes
April 22, 2021 Close to 1,000 bags of ash were collected Wednesday in St Peter and St Lucy as the Sanitation Service Authority (SSA), National Conservation Commission (NCC) and the Ministry of Transport and Works began to gather tonnes of deposits from St Vincent’s La Soufriere volcanic eruption. The ash that has bedevilled households and businesses and triggered asthma attacks and other respiratory ailments for a week was also seen as a bonanza, according to Minister of Environment and National Beautification Adrian Forde who joined in moving the bags from residents who were un...
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