Angry residents from Bamboo No 2 did not mince words when they confronted Minister of Works and Transport Rohan Sinanan and Local Government Minister Faris Al-Rawi during their visit to the area on Tuesday.

The residents whose homes were flooded from heavy rainfall over the weekend and on Monday, heaped scorn on both ministers chastising them for their response to the floods.

Videos of the confrontation were circulated on social media as the residents were seen surrounding Al-Rawi and Sinanan hurling insults at them during the visit.

[caption id="attachment_988406" align="alignnone" width="1024"] A resident of Jaffar Street, Bamboo No 2, Valsayn South, uses a canoe to navigate floodwaters in the area as other wade through the water on Tuesday. - ROGER JACOB[/caption]

Responding to the incident during the Ministry of of Local Government's virtual media briefing on Tuesday afternoon, Sinanan said that he remained focused on how to solve the issue of flooding and did not pay attention to the jeers from residents.

He also accused some people of using the flooding to raise their profile, while agencies were busy trying to bring relief to affected communities.

"This is a very challenging time and there are people who will try to distract us from doing out work and I just want to say that nobody will distract this minister from what he has to do and we will just ignore those who want to use this opportunity to make themselves very popular.

"I understand there was somebody braying while I was going and doing my work in Bamboo, unfortunately I didn't hear him because I was really paying no attention to clowns on the road."

During his remarks Al-Rawi also commented on the incident and said such outbursts were not helpful in an emergency response situation and asked the public to temper themselves.

He said representatives from different political backgrounds have united to bring relief to flooded communities and urged residents to avoid people seeking political mileage.

"I don't think that is very helpful to be engaged in and I'll use a technical term - level cussing - just for political purposes.

[caption id="attachment_988405" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Residents and volunteers wade through floodwaters with relief supplies and other items on Jaffar Street, Bamboo No 2, Valsayn South, on Tuesday. - ROGER JACOB[/caption]

"I can tell you that the members of Parliament, all of us have been co-ordinating every last one of them, we have all been on the same page.

"I did a joint interview this morning at Bamboo No 2 with the councillor for the area who belongs to the Opposition, so let's please minimise fake news and try to avoid the unprofitability of people who just seek to grab attention and create distraction."

Al-Rawi said while weather conditions appeared to improve on Tuesday, several parts of the country remained waterlogged, noting that parts of Bamboo No 2 were submerged in water as high as ten feet high.

He noted that during their visit to Bamboo No 2, they were able to see the sites