Following a government outreach to Region Two, the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) is to desilt a number of Pomeroon River canals.
According to a Department of Public Information (DPI) release, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the NDIA, Fredrick Flatts and his team visited several areas along the Pomeroon River, as a direct response to issues raised by persons who visited the outreach in Anna Regina just over three weeks ago.
“Following the meeting, which was labelled `Taking the government to the people’, a number of persons in the Pomeroon area made complaints concerning the poor drainage and irrigation in their areas. We visited a number of areas along the Nunes Canal, Jones Canal, Friendship Canal, we were also in Hackney Canal,” Flatts said.