Residents around George-town and on parts of the East Coast of Demerara were left to battle early morning floodwaters yesterday, after intense and constant rainfall overnight left much of the city and its outskirts flooded.
However, the Civil Defence Commission (CDC), in collaboration with the Mayor and City Council (M&CC), the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) of the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Public Infrastructure and the Ministry of Communities, responded to the situation.
This was revealed during a walkabout that saw Mayor Ubraj Narine and other officials from the M&CC, along with Captain Salim October, the Senior Response Officer of the CDC, and Minister within the Ministry of Public Infrastructure, Jaipaul Sharma, visiting the areas that were hit the hardest by flooding.