Emergency drainage works ongoing at Black Bush
– as many areas remain flooded
Division Six Vice Chairman Zamal Hussain attended the meeting with Black Bush farmers yesterday.
Floodwaters still bother farmers in Black Bush Polder, Corentyne.
Kaieteur News – Many areas located in three of the polders in Black Bush, including Mibicuri, Johanna and Yakusari, remain under water, as emergency drainage works continue.
Residents of Black Bush Polder had complained to Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha, who visited the area last week. They appealed for help to clear their drainage system, as many parts of the residential areas were flooded.
Minister Mustapha had ordered that urgent works begin to clear the drains to allow the water to recede.
Several farmers gathered yesterday at the CDC’s office in Mibicuri.
According to Surajpaul Hemraj called ‘Rishi,’ the former Chairman of the Consumer Association of Water in Mibicuri, although there were many causes that contributed to the flood, the increase in land use is one reason.
It was revealed that “Black Bush Polder is 25,000 acres but the lands to which Black Bush Polder is attached are now around 60,000 acres. At that time Black Bush Polder could drain as an inch and a quarter of water every 24 hours, so if you check 60,000 acres to the 25,000 you got to improve the drainage capacity. “
However, while a permanent solution is needed, immediate relief is needed.
He suggested pumping some water into the Canje Creek … this would help drain the savannahs.
The existing drainage system would look after the residential areas.