Region 10 communities hit by severe flooding

May 29, 2021 News

Flooding at Speightland

Kaieteur News – Despite being a hilly area, several communities in Region 10 were hit by severe flooding yesterday. Some areas were under more than 10 feet of water. In fact, the Kwakwani Neighbourhood Democratic Council (KNDC) was yesterday afternoon preparing to evacuate residents, whose homes were completely flooded and inaccessible.
In the Kwakwani Water Front, Lamp Island areas, the water was as high as 12 feet.
Vehicles and one storey homes were completely covered too. The area, up to press time, was also completely inaccessible by road. The situation is also deemed to be one of major concern for the health of residents since waste from pit latrines have escaped into the water; thereby increasing the risk of water-borne diseases.

Flooding at Coomacka

Along with Kwakwani, other communities that were severely flooded included the farming community of Speightland (Lower Kara), Coomacka, Silvertown, Three- Friends Yaribo and Christianburg. In Speightland, farmers are severely affected and have had to abandon their crops after experiencing significant losses.
On Thursday, a team from the Ministry of Works visited Linden to see what systems could be implemented to effectively drain the flood waters. Those efforts are still ongoing.
Residents and Region 10 officials have since described this year’s flooding as one of the worst experienced in recent years.
Regional Chairman, Deron Adams, in an invited comment said Councillors for the various constituencies are on the ground accessing the situation and providing the necessary feedback. He said too that he engaged President, Irfaan Ali, via telephone yesterday to make the necessary representation for better drainage and irrigation programmes, which will also create jobs allow for residents to access relief funds, particularly the farmers.

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