Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha yesterday disclosed that his ministry is collaborating with the Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA) to determine how best to assist livestock farmers who suffered losses as a result of the breached river defence at Little Diamond, East Bank Demerara.
Mustapha made the announcement during a follow up visit to the site of the breached river defence yesterday afternoon. He acknowledged that the breach could have been avoided had the excavator operators paid attention to the dam.
A total of 114 households suffered damage to their belongings as a result of flooding during the high tide on Monday morning. Home appliances and furniture, among other items were soaked in the flood waters that rushed into homes after the river defence dam broke.