Minister of Agriculture Dr Leslie Ramsammy and a team comprising D&I technical officers and a group of West Bank farmers visited the backdam at Canal Number One to investigate claims that drainage structures built to regulate the flow of water were actually impeding it.
According to a press release from the Ministry of Agriculture, the structures were built between canal polders one and two under the Canals Polder Control Structures and Access Roads Programme – an infrastructural development component of the Agricultural Export Diversification Programme – financed by the Inter-American Development Bank. According to a press release, 80% of the Canals Polder Control Structures and Access Roads Programme has been completed.
In order to investigate the claims, Ramsammy and his team travelled by tractor to the backlands of Region Three. The team was
