Heavy and continuous rainfall over the past few days has resulted in several farming and residential areas in Charity, Pomeroon-Supenaam, Region Two, being affected by flooding.
A Ministry of Agriculture release yesterday stated that as a result, Prime Minister Mark Phillips and Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha visited several of the affected communities to gain a firsthand look at the extent of the flooding. They were accompanied by several senior officers of the Ministry of Agriculture, and other Regional officials.
Tage Corlet, a resident whose yard is currently flooded, spoke to the officials about her concerns regarding the condition of the drainage structure which is close to her residence. This water gotta go down. I think this koker is too deep. If it was shallow, from the time this water come here all woulda go down. When the koker them too deep it can’t pull. Them does take people from far to come and do these projects. We need people who know the area to at least work with these people,” Corlet said.