Berbice engineers had offered reclamation solution to Demerara River incursion

Water seeping through a section of the sea defence at Craig on the East Bank of Demerara last month. The seepage was blamed on negligence on the part of the contractor who was carrying out revetment works there. (SN file photo)

A Berbice-based group of engineers had proposed a long-term solution to the problematic areas along the East Bank of Demerara (EBD) which are threatened by the nearby river but the group’s ideas were never considered.

The Caribbean Outlook Foundation, a non-profit organization made up of experts in the field of engineering, in the early