-but Adventure pump station still not in operation 30 months on
Several major sluices along the Corentyne coast are being cleared to expel floodwaters out of Black Bush Polder but a pump station that could have provided relief is still not in operation 30 months after construction began.
Regional Chairman, David Armogan in providing an update on the flooding within the region, yesterday noted that there were floods in various parts of East Berbice/ Corentyne, however, he said that the worst episodes were recorded in Black Bush Polder, moreso the Lesbeholden area.
“As you know Lesbeholden was compounded by the fact that the sluice at Adventure, Corentyne “was silted up because we could not have cleared it until the rain started to fall and secondly there was no pump at Adventure when the rain started to fall so that’s basically two reasons why you had high level of water in the Lesbeholden area.”
