The flooding in several Region Five villages could have been avoided if the two big pumps located at Trafalgar were not vandalised, head of the drainage authority Fredrick Flatts said, even as other communities located along the Mahaicony Creek yesterday reported major flooding.
Flatts, the head of the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA), told Stabroek News yesterday that the deployment of several pumps has resulted in a noticeable drop in water levels. He said residents of several villages remained under several inches of water yesterday but predicted that if there is no more rainfall, the water will be off the land by tomorrow.
When Stabroek News contacted Flatts during the mid-afternoon hours, he related that he was on the ground assessing the situation. He said too that he was communicating with