Georgetown: Minister within the Ministry of Agriculture Hon. Alli Baksh this morning visited the community of Peter’s Hall in wake of the recent koker breech which saw the community being inundated by water from the sea.
At approximately 4:00PM Thursday afternoon water from the Demerara River caused major flooding in the community.
During the visit Minister Baksh met with residents of the community while inspecting urgent remedial works being undertaken by a team of engineers from National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA).
Minister within the Ministry of Agriculture Hon. Alli Baksh speaking with affected residents of Peter’s Hall.
Minister Baksh added that while all measures are being put in place to remedy the situation to ensure that the water recedes effectively, cautioned persons to not create a mode of panic by misrepresenting the situation.
“All measures are being put in place to ensure that the water recedes effectively… Thus far, the boards on the Koker were replaced and personnel are working around the clock to ensure that the water effectively drains off-land and in a timely manner,” Minister Baksh said.
Chief Executive Officer, NDIA, Mr. Lionel Wordsworth and a team of engineers are on site to ensure that the situation returns to normalcy. The team is working on installing stop logs to stop the flow of water from the Demerara river during the high tide, a mobile pump was also installed today (October 9, 2014) to ensure the continual drainage of the affected areas.
Also we are assiduously working to construct a new sluice door and affect some remedial structure repair to the sluice within the week.
The Ministry of Agriculture would also like to assure the public that the situation is under control and for persons to take all precautionary measures.
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