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The Ministry of Education is working hard to get the two schools in order. Divisional education officer west Lorima Voravora said they had brought in excavation vehicles to help clear out mud and silt.

MASS aid efforts are being made to ensure people in the west receive clean drinking water in the wake of the floods.

SCHOOL students in Ba and Lautoka are being transported by the Ministry of Education with the help of various bus companies in the Western Division.

Inmates from Natabua Corrections Centre clean up the compound at St Thomas High School in Lautoka yesterday.

The Water Authority of Fiji cannot confirm when rehabilitation works in Ba and Lautoka will be completed due to the change in weather conditions.

Akuila Saukuru, right, with members of a church group from Lovu seaside at the evacuation centre in Lautoka.

This was revealed yesterday after businessman Mohammed Yaseen-Aiyub met Commissioner Western Commander Joeli Cawaki, the roko tui Ba Timoci Tukana and Lautoka Chambers of Commerce officials.

He said the three cases from Rakiraki, Ba and Lautoka were treated at the hospital.

A group of people returned home disappointed yesterday after being turned away by the Fiji National Provident Fund's Lautoka office yesterday.

The Ba Town council will continue to clear blocked drains and silt in Yalalevu area tomorrow as cleanup enters the second week.

AN evacuee in one of the evacuation centres in Lautoka was admitted at the Lautoka Hospital on Friday afternoon, although no information has been released regarding the reason for admission.

SHARP SHOOTER Vineel Vikash Nand will be out to claim the North West Billiards Snooker Association Championship title in Lautoka tomorrow.

AN effort is being made to revive the sport of hockey in the Western Division. Last year only one tournament was held in Lautoka.

FIJI Water yesterday gave another container of bottled Fiji Water to the Red Cross to be distributed to the flood affected residents in Lautoka.

"The Fijian communities in New Zealand, Fiji and internationally are vigorously rallying for public appeals as a result of the recent devastating flood in the Western Division of Viti Levu, the second largest island in the archipelago of Fiji, " said Alton Shameem JP, the New Zealander-Fijian Community, Multi-Cultural, Ethnic, National and ... (more)

IN a bid to improve umpiring standards in the country, the Fiji Netball Association is organising an umpires coaching clinic on February 18 in Lautoka.

Lautoka soccer president Shalend Prasad said they had not received any copy of an application letter for Tamanisau's release from Rewa.

"We don't want people to think that when a disaster like this occurs, the education of young children will stop," said Mr Voravora.

Many places in the Western Division are still without water and it is still not known when supply will normalise.