Deputy mayor urges Montclair residents to help with post-storm clean-up
The deputy mayor said it was the worst storm in Durban's history.
EThekwini Municipality’s deputy mayor, Fawzia Peer addressed residents who were affected by the devastating storm that hit Durban on Tuesday, 10 October and implored them to work hand-in-hand with the municipality in cleaning up the affected areas that have been littered with fallen trees and broken infrastructure.
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In her address at a SASSA-initiated event to help the affected residents of Montclair, Woodlands, Woodhaven and Yellowwood Park, the deputy mayor said it was the worst storm in Durban’s history.
Food parcels, blankets and mattresses were handed out to those who lost everything in the storm.
Peer said while she drove around the area, she had seen people still attempting to clean their homes and salvage what they could in the storm’s devastating aftermath. “I was driving and found a lot of sand and broken trees that are still on the side of the road. We know for a fact it’s the job of the municipality but it was not an ordinary storm, which means the community must work in partnership with us, assist the workers of the municipality. Because we are all part of this, we were all affected by this storm that damaged our homes or the homes of our neighbours,” she said.
The event which was held on the grounds on Montclair Park, painted a picture of how greatly affected the areas were as people filled the chairs, desperate to be heard and seen by the officials.
