Engineers and regional officials on Thursday night managed to stop the flooding of rice lands and other properties in the Evergreen/Paradise Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) in Region Two, with the installation of a stop logs following the collapse of a koker door at Andrews Sluice.
The sluice door had collapsed around 17:00 hrs due to pressure from powerful waves during the above normal high tide.
According to the Region’s Vice Chair-man Humace Oodit, the region’s engineer and staff from the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) worked for over three hours to fix the door.
Stop logs were used as a temporary stop door.
Oodit said the NDIA will be working towards installing a new stainless steel door and this will be done within a month. He also said a pump was activated to pump water off the lands and back into the Atlantic Ocean.
Over 70 acres of rice land and 25 households were affected by the flooding but no major losses were incurred.
Oodit commended the regional staff and residents who came out to ensure that the door was fixed. He said that a Regional Taskforce will continue to monitor the facility. Residents were very happy that the issue was fixed. They commended the region and NDIA for their prompt actions
