Latest update March 21st, 2025 7:03 AM
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More rains due and likelihood of flooding increases
There will be more rain today as Hydrometerological reports indicate that intermittent showers are expected over Demerara and Berbice.
Cloudy to overcast conditions with showers are expected, with occasional showers in other regions of the country.
President Bharrat Jagdeo interacting with residents of Perth, Mahaicony
The Hydromet report states that tomorrow and Friday, cloudy conditions are expected with occasional showers over most of Guyana.
Wet conditions are expected over Guyana during the remainder of the weekend.
As heavy rainfall continues to affect some low lying vulnerable communities, the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority is continuing to undertake critical interventions to reduce accumulated water on the land.
As the NDIA struggles to work around the clock, several communities continue to be drained by gravity and with the help of pumps.
However, heavy rainfall over the weekend has further compounded the situation resulting in high water in canals.
Farmers continue to benefit from interventions as efforts are being made to relocate affected livestock.
Meanwhile, due to the incessant rainfall, the MMA/ADA and the NDIA and other regional authorities have been instructed to continue to monitor the situation and implement necessary measures to reduce the impacts of flooding, particularly in cultivation areas.
Meanwhile, President Bharrat Jagdeo during a visit to the Mahaica/Mahaicony/Abary Rivers on Monday, told farmers that prior to the rainy season the conservancy was taken down to 52 GD (Georgetown Datum) but because of the volume of rainfall experienced the level had increased to 59 GD and this endangered the conservancy dam.
This made it inevitable for the discharge because, had the water from the conservancy not been released, it could have caused the conservancy dam to break, emptying the over 100 billion gallons of water it contains onto the coastland with devastating effect.
He told residents and farmers in the Abary Creek that arrangements would be made by Government to provide excavators to assist the farmers to empolder their land free of cost as was done in the Mahaica, Mahaicony and Pomeroon areas.
The President was accompanied by Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud, officials of the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority, and Region Five and the MMA/ADA.
Areas the President visited included the MMA/ADA office at Onverwagt, Onverwagt 27 Creek, Wash Clothes, Mora Point, and Perth, Mahaicony and Baiboo, and Broken Water Land in the Mahaica Creek.
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