East Coast Demerara – Minister of Transport and Hydraulics, Robeson Benn, in his capacity as Minister of Agriculture, acting, visited several villages along East Coast Demerara and West Coast Berbice to inspect flood affected villages and determine where interventions can be made to bring relief to affected residents. 
The inspection started from Liliendaal which is still affected after Monday’s heavy rainfall which saw the capital city and several villages on the East Coast under water.
The Minister stated that villages starting from Turkeyen to Ogle, leading all the way to Lusignan, Buxton and further up are still experiencing some amount of flooding.
He noted that cultivation areas, particularly settlements, are still impacted, and the Ministry is mulling short-term interventions, among which include cutting certain dams to improve water flow and installing culverts.
“We are looking at locations where the next positioning of pumps would be done, particularly on the West Coast Berbice where we have problems with rice being threatened, and the question of a major intervention on the main road to be able to save acres of rice, that are soon to be reaped, which are threatened in the MMA scheme,” Minister Benn pointed out. He added that the situation is being evaluated at No. 8 village, where in the trenches on either side of the main road, there is a three-foot difference in water elevation. The authorities are looking at this issue to see how it can be resolved.
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