Free pizza for flood victims

If you prefer roti and doubles you will be disappointed.

Flood victims in Trinidad and Tobago are getting pizzas instead. And its free.

The private sector and the government have teamed up to provide 10,000 pizzas to feed people in communities that have suffered from heavy flooding.

It's a joint effort by the Ministry of the People, and Mario’s Pizzeria, National Flour Mills (NFM), Caribbean Packaging Industries (CPI) and Arima Discount Mart (ADM).

ADM is donating cheese valued at $100,000; CPI's donation is $25,000 worth of pizza boxes and NFM is providing the flour, valued at $25,000. Mario’s will take care of the rest.

Minister of the People Dr Glenn Ramadharsingh will provide details Friday on the plan to “provide immediate food relief to citizens in urgent need of relief.”

Local Government Minister Chandresh Sharma told reporters people are also providing other items such as canned food and other non-perishable items.

He urged anyone wishing to donate food items to send them to any of the 14 local government corporations and the offices of all 41 Members of Parliament.

Sharma also told reporters Thursday the government is asking contractors to make any equipment they have available to help in the clean-up activities. He said Cabinet has approved a note to give all local government corporations the resources they need “to respond intelligently” to any type of natural disaster.

He promised that all corporations "will soon have" the necessary equipment, manpower and warehouse facilities to allow relief to reach affected persons in their region faster. He also pledged that “every single drain in this country will be attended to."