Black Bush Polder residents racking up flood losses 

By Shabna Rahman On In Guyana News |
The distressed Sanjeev Basdeow standing in his ochro farm that was destroyed by the flood
The distressed Sanjeev Basdeow standing in his ochro farm that was destroyed by the flood

Residents of Black Bush Polder, East Berbice have suffered losses to rice and cash crops and while the floodwater has started to recede in most areas it has remained stagnant in sections of Johanna and Yakusari.

Sanjeev Basdeow, 40, of Johanna told Stabroek News that since the rain started last weekend the water has not receded from his farm. He is distressed that his four-and-a-half-acre ochro and red beans