Rice farmers at Wash Clothes and Hyde Park, Mahaicony say that if the MMA Scheme does not regulate their water supply in a more efficient manner, they may lose their crop, comprising thousands of acres collectively.
However, the Mahaica, Mahaicony, Abary-Agricultural Development Association (MMA- ADA) Scheme under whose jurisdiction the areas fall for drainage, said that relief work was to have commenced yesterday.
Speaking to Stabroek News, Ramgobin, a rice farmer,