Repairs to the slipped section of the Boerasirie Conservancy dam have started at an estimated cost of just over $11M and the authorities are contemplating making the dam off-limits.
The aim is to curtail, contain, and then to reinforce the slipped section, Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud said during a visit to the site yesterday. He said that the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) and the contractor Mohan Persaud have indicated a time frame of four days to get the works done. “The ultimate aim is to make here a no access zone,” he said.
A section of the dam, at Canal Number
