Mr Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have to inform the House that in the Government Programme 2025-2029, we announced that the Land Drainage Master Plan for Rodrigues will be commissioned by the Land Drainage Authority. I am pleased to inform my colleagues that the preparation of the master plan has already been initiated by the Land Drainage Authority in collaboration with the Agence Française de Développement. Following the usual procedure, the contract for the development of the Land Drainage Master Plan for Rodrigues was awarded to consultant HYDRATEC SETEC in March 2025 for an amount of 462,640 Euros, about Rs25 million. A kick-off meeting was successfully held in Rodrigues on 13 March 2025, which marked the official commencement of the study. The scope of services under the contract includes – (i) Mapping of natural and artificial drainage systems in Rodrigues;

36 (ii) Development of a master plan for integrated runoff water management and flood risk management in Rodrigues, and (iii) Strengthening the capacities of technical services in hydraulic modelling and all stakeholders in the water cycle on climate change adaptation. Mr Deputy Speaker, Sir, this plan is being prepared recognising the high exposure of Small Island Developing States like Rodrigues to climate change impacts. The Land Drainage Master Plan will consolidate Rodrigues furthermore towards being a resilient island in respect of the risks of flooding. Mr Deputy Speaker, Sir, consultant HYDRATEC SETEC submitted its inception report to the Land Drainage Authority on 17 June 2025. Same is actually being examined and the final report is expected by end of June 2026.

Yes, hon. Member.

Thank you, hon. Minister for this answer. May I ask the hon. Minister, in the meantime before the finalisation of this master plan, apart the three announced drains projects in Rodrigues, namely at Quatre Vents, Pistache and Baie Topaze for this financial year, whether NDU is working on the other LDA approved projects, mainly at – Grand Baie, Mourouk, Acacia, Rivière Coco, and others for their high priority implementation in Rodrigues thereat?

Certainly, it is in the Flood Management Programme. So, we are working on the other drain projects, depending on the availability of funds, as and when we are going to initiate the projects.

Do you have a question? Okay.

Yes. May I ask the hon. Minister – will the flood prone map which is part of the master plan be made public for Rodrigues in line with the promise that Government made to make it public; the flood prone map for Rodrigues and for Mauritius as well? For Rodrigues, when can we expect same to be made public?

Let us wait for the report first. The report will be ready in June 2026 if you heard well.

Hon. Second Member for Rivière des Anguilles and Souillac!

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