Seen from afar, the family home Mootoo seems to glide slowly in a vacuum. The earth from under the house perched on the bend in the road of Mocha, at the foot of the Montagne-Ory. The floods that have paralyzed entire regions, Wednesday, caused a landslide unprecedented.
"We've been here for thirty years. This is the first time it happens. Five meters of land were sold behind the house. And in a few moments. This scares us to see this empty, "says Soondiren Mootoo, 46 years.
Front of the house, situated on the road that climbs to Grove High School, nobody can suspect the danger facing Mootou. Hard behind the building, barely two feet separating the construction of the vacuum. If new weather such as arise from Wednesday 13 February, it will be a disaster.
But the biggest problem is not the flood. " We've had worse, " says Soondiren Mootoo. Once again it is the absence of roadside drains which is the main cause. These were deleted altogether in this area.
Soondiren Mootoo, who dodged insists he has repeatedly alerted the authorities regarding the lack of drains in the area. He hopes, however, that now the authorities can no longer turn a deaf ear.
This Friday, February 15, representatives of the Road Development Authority (RDA), the police and representatives of Colas, specializing in civil engineering, went on site. " Our priority is to secure the house. It is only then that we will consider the remaining work, " said an official of the GDR.
The construction of a retaining wall should begin shortly. Moreover, according to a police source said the road would remain closed to traffic for several months.
