The Lautoka City Council will work with other stakeholders to put up enclosures around big drains in Lautoka.
Council Chief Executive Officer Jone Nakauvadra says this will include the drain in Sandalwood Street where a two-year-old boy jumped in last Monday.
The boy’s body was found near Vunato Creek last Friday.
A resident of Natabua seaside has also raised concern that the Lautoka City Council recently dug a drain near his house which now gets easily flooded when it rains.
He told Fijivillage that the drain is not enclosed and the flood waters enter nearby houses.
Nakauvadra says they will work with Housing Authority, Fiji Roads Authority and i-Taukei Land Trust Board so that big drains are properly secured to ensure people’s safety.
He stresses that the process will be expensive and time consuming and the council cannot give the timeframe on when the works will start.
