Stagnant floodwaters take toll on Mahaica, Mahaicony creeks

Floodwaters in the Mahaica and Mahaicony creeks have remained stagnant for several weeks, leaving residents uneasy about their future.

They told Stabroek News that with their crops lost and livestock dying, there was nothing for them to do and they have no means of earning an income. One resident, who asked not to be named, said “the poor class of people getting poorer because we don’t have anything to depend on. Instead of three meals a day we now have to eat two.”

Rani Panday of Waterdog Creek, on the left bank of