Mayor warns against plan to cover canals

Mayor Hamilton Green has warned against the government’s proposal to cover canals in the city to facilitate parking, saying that if this plan should be implemented it would be a “monumental” tragedy.

The proposal to cover the Avenue of the Republic and Croal Street canals was made by the Minister of Housing and Water Irfaan Ali, who, at Cabinet Meeting earlier in November, suggested the plan to ease the parking congestion in the downtown capital area.

Although Cabinet was in favour of the proposal,