Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) Fredrick Flatts has said an eight-foot dam, between Fairfield and Dantzig, Region Five, will soon be built to ease the suffering of Mahaica-Berbice residents who have been devastated by recent spring tides.
The dam, construction of which is due to begin tomorrow, is also expected to decrease flooding in those areas expected from the coming spring tide this month.
This was revealed to the Department of Public Information (DPI) during an interview with Flatts, who said that the dam would be the “best solution at hand” at the moment, when he visited the area with Minister within the Ministry of Agriculture Valerie Adams-Yearwood on Friday.