Minister of Agriculture Noel Holder announced yesterday that Buxton will be getting three additional pumps to help the community fight flooding.
The Minister’s announcement via GINA came a day after engineer Charles Ceres complained in a letter to Stabroek News that the village was only getting one pump whereas villages less affected by flooding were getting more pumps.
Stabroek News had reported on Monday that several areas in the East Coast Demerara community of Buxton were inundated following heavy rainfall coupled with a breach in one of the dams. The community had