Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha has ordered that emergency drainage works be done in Black Bush Polder, Corentyne
After a visit yesterday to the area, Mustapha explained that Johanna and Yakusari were more seriously affected by the flooding and to some extent Mibicuri.
“They said over the last five years there were no cleaning with machinery in the area so I intend to send about four pieces of machinery here to do all the works until the work is completed because Black Bush Polder is an area that normally suffers a lot whenever there is heavy rainfall and also at the back water normally comes in the front land area here, so Black Bush is like basin that drains all the high land around.” Mustapha was quoted as saying