Former Region Six Councillor Gobin Harbhajan says Water Users Associations (WUAs) which were set up to manage the secondary drainage and irrigation systems in their villages are duplicating functions of other bodies and should be dissolved.
“What they do is to the call the Regional Chairman or the CEO [Chief Executive Officer] of the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) when farmers encounter difficulties and need attention”, Harbhajan lamented
WUAs came into being in 2004 with funding from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) but according to Harbhajan they have outlived their usefulness.