By Bebi Oosman
Residents of Mara, Upper East Bank Berbice; Man-chester Village, Corentyne and several other villages recently informed Presi-dent Irfaan Ali that they were grateful for the work being done in the region through the agencies which fall under the Ministry of Agriculture.
On Saturday in Region Six, President Ali met with residents in Mara, East Bank Berbice; Rose Hall, East Canje Berbice; Port Mourant and Manchester, Corentyne; Mibicuri, Black Bush Polder and Corriverton.
At Mara, one farmer told the president, “I must thank the Agriculture Minister for what he has done in this community. The first speaker mentioned about the conservancy dam. Sir, I must congratulate Mr Lionel [National Drainage and Irrigation Agency Chair-man] Wordsworth. He and couple farmers went down the conservancy dam and come out 10 in the night to witness the breaches” so as to ensure work was carried out quickly at the right locations.