CANPTT raises concerns over noise pollution inaction

Cit­i­zens Against Noise Pol­lu­tion of Trinidad and To­ba­go (CANPTT) has ex­pressed dis­ap­point­ment over what it de­scribes as a lack of ac­tion by the Gov­ern­ment on noise pol­lu­tion, while al­so rais­ing con­cern about the con­tin­ued in­ac­tion of the Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS).

In a me­dia re­lease is­sued, the group said it had sub­mit­ted rec­om­men­da­tions in 2025 at the Gov­ern­ment’s re­quest and re­mained pa­tient while ex­pect­ing mean­ing­ful ac­tion.

“To date, there has been no progress, no up­dates, and no en­gage­ment,” the or­gan­i­sa­tion said.

CANPTT said that while there has been some at­ten­tion giv­en to noise from cer­tain fetes at spe­cif­ic sport­ing venues, there has been no progress in ad­dress­ing res­i­den­tial noise, which it said con­tin­ues to af­fect cit­i­zens dai­ly.

The group said res­i­dents re­main im­pact­ed by ex­ces­sive noise from neigh­bours, bars, and oth­er events with­in their com­mu­ni­ties.

“We con­tin­ue to re­ceive nu­mer­ous re­ports of chil­dren try­ing to pre­pare for ex­ams in dis­rup­tive en­vi­ron­ments, as well as con­cerns for the el­der­ly and oth­er vul­ner­a­ble in­di­vid­u­als whose health and well-be­ing are be­ing neg­a­tive­ly af­fect­ed,” the re­lease said.

CANPTT added that de­spite re­peat­ed re­ports and calls for en­force­ment, there re­mains a lack of re­sponse and ac­tion.

“At this stage, we must se­ri­ous­ly con­sid­er that the con­cerns of af­fect­ed cit­i­zens are be­ing ig­nored,” the or­gan­i­sa­tion said.

It ques­tioned the de­lay in ac­tion, ask­ing, “What more has to hap­pen be­fore mean­ing­ful ac­tion is tak­en?”

CANPTT called on the Gov­ern­ment and the TTPS to ur­gent­ly en­gage, pro­vide clear up­dates, and take de­ci­sive ac­tion.