A brand new $75m pump has been installed at Crabwood Creek, Upper Corentyne following a meeting with Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha where farmers pleaded for the same to assist with flooding in the area.
At the meeting with the Minister held some three weeks ago, the farmers had complained that whenever it rains heavily or there is a hide tide, the koker in the area cannot be opened as such the floodwater lodges on the land for several days often destroying their crops.
With the installation of the new pump, the farmers are anticipating that during the May/June period, they can benefit from twenty-four hours drainage as whenever the koker is not working the pump will come into play to remove excess water from their farmlands.