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Farmers/residents comments on Hope Canal misleading

Jun 16, 2009 Letters

Dear Editor,
I once again read a worrying article titled “Residents nervously await Hope canal study” in the Monday, June 15, 2009 edition of the Guyana Times.
As a farmer of Mahaica Creek for the past 15 years I find this article troubling as the anticipated construction of the Hope Relief Canal is expected to drain the East Demerara Water Conservancy, rather than into the Mahaica and Mahaicony Creeks resulting in flooding.
For too long the farmers/residents of Mahaica and Mahaicony have been feeling the blunt of high intensity rainfall by diverting high waters from East Coast Villages to Mahaica and Mahaicony.
The government has now decided to do something about this situation and I resent the misinformation being spewed by some elements, who are opposed to development in Guyana.
This massive project being undertaken by the government came in for too much criticism, while some feel the people of Mahaica and Mahaicony Creeks do not have a voice.

The very same opposition parties and other elements often complain that the government is doing too little for the people of the two creeks and now something is being done, it is now a problem.
I believe we are now at a point where all and sundry are well advised of the government’s intentions to undertake this massive structure that will serve the greater good of all in the creeks and the East Coast.
Some of us fail to realise that not only the creeks are being threatened, but the entire East Coast and the pessimists fail to realise this fact.
If there is a better solution by the critics, I am sure it will be welcomed once it’s in the interest of the well being of this country.

In addition, I was reliably informed, that some mischievous prominent individuals are spurring the residents, who will have to be relocated to stall the process and to create a sense of panic and confusion after several successful meetings by government officials with the residents.
This act should be condemned and these individuals should be exposed.
Meanwhile, I would like to urge that the authorities undertake an assessment to ascertain the amount of farmers and their cultivation that would be displaced, if this has not been done.
I am of the belief that some of these farmers are inflating their acreage of cultivation.
High intensity rainfall will not go away, and the time has come for us to ensure our preparedness to avoid flooding, this is just want the government is doing; prevention is cure.
Let us see the bigger picture and join together for the development of our beloved Guyana.
Rajpat Singh

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