By Sue-Ann Wayow
AS the long Easter weekend draws near, with no more Covid-19 restrictions, beachgoers are being advised to exercise caution while having a good time.
The advisory comes from Member of Parliament for Mayaro Rushton Paray on Tuesday.
Mayaro is a popular destination for beachgoers, especially during the long Easter weekend.
The MP said that last weekend, Vikash Samaroo drowned while bathing in Mayaro waters and he extended condolences to all his relatives and friends.
Paray is urging the authorities to deploy as many lifeguards as possible and to designate safe bathing zones adding that he has been advocating for the formalisation of the safe bathing zones along the eastern coastal communities. These zones should include medics, washrooms, shoreline maintenance, security officers, parking facilities, and concessionaires.
Paray said, “Since all 17 miles of the beaches cannot be effectively patrolled, I urge bathers to utilise the areas where lifeguards are stationed and exercise extreme caution. Each year vacationers at Mayaro lose their lives, and so I appeal to the Ministries of National Security and Tourism to consider urgently establishing these one-stop zones.”
He continued, “I also plead with bathers to make use of properly patrolled areas, to be guarded and alert in the waters, and to oversee the elderly and the juvenile.”
The MP said that the friendly people of Mayaro welcomed visitors and wish them a period of relaxation and rejuvenation, with safety as their watchword as they look forward to the implementation of the applicable safety measures.
