Several breaches along the porous Mahaicony sea defence were recently sealed but farmers say they remain fearful that the repairs would not hold up against spring tides and new breaches might develop due to the rapid erosion occurring.
A visit last week by Stabroek News to the affected areas in Dantzig and Columbia on the East Coast of Demerara, found that the breaches were sealed and excavators were working to reinforce areas observed to be eroding.
Stabroek News observed at the breach in Dantzig, that engineers were forced to use discarded sugarcane pontoons along with boulders and plastic sea defence liners to seal it.