Residents of Black Bush Polder, East Berbice have suffered losses to rice and cash crops and while the floodwater has started to recede in most areas it has remained stagnant in sections of Johanna and Yakusari.

Sanjeev Basdeow, 40, of Johanna told Stabroek News that since the rain started last weekend the water has not receded from his farm. He is distressed that his four-and-a-half-acre ochro and red beans…..