Dear Editor,
The sea defence works (rip-rap) that were done at Aurora Village on the Essequibo Coast, beginning from where the nursery school used to be located and ending some 150 meters north in the Johanna area, according to all of the residents who used to be flooded out by the high tide, were undertaken by contractor Mr Samaroo, and were well done, for which we are grateful.
But we were led to believe that the entire stretch of the vulnerable or critical sea dam would have been done, but less than half of this area was done, so the overtopping and seeping continue during the high tide or spring tide.
There are other areas in Aurora where sea defence work is currently going on – the Warusi area and a piece at the Aurora Estate, which when completed will secure those areas.
My concern and that of the many other people who are still experiencing flooding by the sea dam at Johanna or from the police station turn a dam (east-west) where a koker is erected to the Masjid street that runs east-west, is that only when this entire area is secure, then and only then can the people say mission accomplished by work which was perfectly done.
Yours faithfully,
Archie Cordis
