Farmers in Hope/Dochfour continue to suffer both during the rainy and dry seasons as a result of the construction of the Northern Relief Channel, known as the Hope Canal, meant to relieve the stress on the East Demerara Water Conservancy.
Those who have their farms at the Hope Estate want government to speedily address their concerns, since they are losing their investments owing to the lack of water in the dry season. They allege that since the work on the canal commenced, a key waterway which provided their drainage and irrigation was cut off. They said that as a result, they get floods during the rainy season and no water for their land during the dry season.
Efforts to contact Minister of Agriculture Dr Leslie Ramsammy,