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Demolition Resumes at T Wash Shantytown
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – The sounds of heavy machinery, wood snapping and windows shattering filled the air during the demolition of the T Wash shantytown.
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – The sounds of heavy machinery, wood snapping and windows shattering filled the air during the demolition of the T Wash shantytown.
It’s the latest illegal community to be torn down in the country.
Head of the Shantytown Action Task Force Superintendent Stephen Carey says dozens of homes will be demolished.
“This community at the, at the time have about 113 structures,” he said. “Uh, hopefully by the end of the day we would have gotten through half of them.”
Authorities say this isn’t about targeting any group but rather about preserving the crown land for its intended use for agriculture.
As residents and neighbors stood by helpless my cameraman Darnell and I spoke to one of them and here’s what he had to say.
“If they did not demolish the houses, it would have been good but since it already happened, there’s nothing we could do now.”
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