Even as the authorities consider using river water to flush out a stagnant and smelly canal on the East Bank Demerara, Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) is denying that effluent-seepage from its plant at Diamond is responsible for the odour.
The Agriculture Ministry has explained that the canal running parallel to the East Bank Demerara public road from Prospect to the DDL estate connects the Farm-Covent Garden-Prospect-Little Diamond sluices. As a result, the ministry states “it was
