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33 hinterland, riverain communities affected by flooding
The government is preparing to distribute aid to 33 hinterland and riverain communities affected by flooding, Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon said yesterday.
He said that the communities have been affected by seasonal flooding, but the situation has become more acute now, because “assets have been accumulating.”
“Communities have much more to lose today than a decade ago. This is a reflection of development and the progress made by these riverain and hinterland communities as they have struggled to improve livelihood and economic well being,” Luncheon stated.
He said that the recent flooding has seen the standard responses by the administration. Damage and needs assessments were carried out in Regions Seven, Eight and Nine, and in the communities in the Upper Demerara and Berbice rivers.
The Office of the President, the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs and the Ministry of Agriculture collaborated in conducting the assessments.
It was after the assessments were done that Cabinet decided on the interventions to be made. Communities in Regions Seven, Eight and Nine, where the needs assessments were done, food support as well as planting material for when the flood is over, is being provided, Luncheon stated.
In Region Ten, he said, the economic livelihood of the people has been hampered, because they mainly engage in logging, and so the problem is not so much food.
In addition, given the government’s expanded school feeding programme, some in the communities had seized the opportunity to plant vegetables and sell it to the programme.
But now, with the floods, Dr Luncheon said this new opportunity is threatened, but seeds will be provided to these persons so they can replant when the flood is over.
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