The Opposition at a press conference on Thursday called for the Vergenoegen koker to be fixed as according to them during a recent visit residents complained bitterly about it and the heavily silted canal which leads to flooding.
Opposition Leader, Aubrey Norton stated that the residents complained that the Truck Line Canal that drains Vergenoegen, East Bank Essequibo is completely silted up and that the koker at the canal is in a state of disrepair. As such, he said that the residents are demanding that the government move rapidly to have this situation rectified.
He said that according to them as soon as it rains the community is flooded thus affecting the livelihood of the residents.