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Mahaicony Creek farmers to get flood relief – Pres. Ali
President Irfaan Ali on Wednesday announced immediate flood relief for Mahaicony Creek farmers while on a visit to flood hit communities in Region Five. The Department of Public Information (DPI) reported that intense rainfall over the past several weeks has left hundreds of acres of farmland and households along Mahaicony Creek severely affected.
President Ali visited the affected communities, including Branch Road, Mahaicony, to assess conditions on the ground and meet directly with affected farmers and residents.
“I am here to speak to you and to listen to you mostly on some of the challenges [and] some of the things that [are] working,” the president told farmers.
An aerial view of farmlands affected by the intense rainfall. (DPI)
The head of state acknowledged that while water volumes this time exceed those seen during the 2021 floods, the condition is less severe, a reflection, he said, of the drainage investments made since then.
“We are in a better position now because of the investment we have made already,” President Ali said, adding that the completion of the Hope Like Canal would bring further improvement to the area.
He also directed the Regional Chairman, Ricardo Dwain, Vice Chair Kleon Lindey, and the newly appointed Regional Executive Officer (REO), Mary Samaroo, to visit the creek on a monthly basis, insisting that officials must engage communities regularly and not remain confined to their offices.
President Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali speaking with farmers affected by the intense rainfall over the last couple of weeks.
Interventions were already underway on the ground. NDIA Chairman Lionel Wordsworth said five excavators had been deployed to help farmers raise dams, open runways and install culverts, while 18 farmers were engaged to use their own tractors to assist in removing floodwaters.
President Ali was accompanied by the Minister of Education, Sonia Parag, Minister within the Ministry of Agriculture, Vikash Ramkisson, NDIA Chairman Lionel Wordsworth and regional officials
A pump was relocated from Garden Table to the Mahaicony Creek River mouth, and a new pump was also deployed to the affected area. Equipment was additionally dispatched to raise the embankment along the Jagdeo Canal, a 15,000-acre stretch extending to the frontlands.
President Ali committed to three further interventions for farmers at Branch Road. They include rehabilitation of kokers (sluices), increasing pump capacity, and clearing of the main drainage canals. (DPI)
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….” we are in a better position now because of the investment we have made
already….” Ali is lying between his teeth.
The investments he don’t want to talk about, but, showed all of Guyana-
the shovel- shoveling recent flood waters.