Floodwaters, which were the result of incomplete work to an Endeavour, Leguan Koker have significantly receded since a stop-log door was installed during the late hours of Christmas Eve, Regional Engineer Seenarine Nandram said.
The flooding, which occurred around 2 pm on Christmas Eve at Endeavour on the Essequibo River island, was due to high tides but the incomplete repairs to a sluice door facilitated the flooding. However, Nandram told Stabroek News yesterday that his team, which consisted of employees of the Ministry of Public Infrastructure, was able to install a stop-log door to the koker around 9 pm on Christmas Eve. He said as soon as the door was installed, the water began receding and no flooding has occurred since then. He noted that though the damaged sluice door was not fixed that will not be a problem because of the stop-log door.
He added that the external door, which was damaged by the flooding, was fixed by the neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) early Christmas morning and they subsequently drained out most of the floodwaters.
His information was confirmed by Lalita Basdeo, who is one of the residents whose home was affected by the flooding. She said that they installed a second door because there were no steel rods, which are needed to pull or drop the door, available at that time. She also mentioned the work that was done by the NDC on Christmas morning.
Meanwhile, according to a report by the Department of Public Information, the Civil Defence Commission distributed 38 hampers to affected residents of Endeavour on Christmas Day.
When contacted by Stabroek News on Christmas Eve, Nandram said that they were working fervently to ensure that the door was installed before the next high tide, which was scheduled for Christmas Day. “The land got flooded because of the failure of the koker door,” he had said.
