Flooding cause distress on Essequibo Coast

Jul 05, 2016 News

Residents residing in Land of Plenty, Columbia and Affiance on the Essequibo Coast are maintaining that unless repairs are effected to the defective koker door at Land of Plenty, on the Essequibo Coast flooding in those areas would always be a serious issue.
For over a week now residences in those areas have been flooded and the defective koker door still needs replacing. Residents said they are not sure why the contractor who has built a new sluice door to replace the old one has not replaced the door to date.
Somewattie Persaud, a resident of Land of Plenty who owns a printery and an Indian store, said that water has been on her land for over a week now.
The businesswoman said that since May, residents in her area and in surrounding areas have been affected by continuous flooding every time it rains.
“Every time it rains we are flooded; we never used to get so much water but due to the defective sluice door at Land of Plenty we are not getting no draft.”
Persaud however stressed that while the issue is a serious, the problem of flooding can be corrected once the broken koker door is repaired.
Persaud said that every time it rains her only anxiety is that her shop and house would be flooded out if the water rises.
Another resident, Devika Persaud, said that since May of this year she has been experiencing continuous flooding and complaints made to members of the Anna Regina Town Council have been met with complacency.
“Who really looking after Region Two and what is the Government paying these executives for?”
Persaud said that she is fed up running to the Town Council which she believes is partially responsible for the maintenance of the cleaning of trenches and surrounding areas in the region. Persaud said that whenever it rains, the water from the back lands would flow into the residential areas and lodge there for a longer period due to the defective sluice door.
Persaud believes that all of the clogged up channels in the region need clearing to avoid flooding which can be contained.
Meanwhile, the Nursery school in Land of Plenty which has been under water for months now has forced the teachers and pupils to relocate to another building at Reliance. (Yannason Duncan).

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