Several Hope, East Coast Demerara farmers say that ongoing work on the Hope Canal has seen some of their crops destroyed and the authorities are mum on compensation promised.
The farmers visited the Ministry of Agriculture yesterday in an attempt to meet with an official to air their concerns but they did not get to see anyone, they said. One rice farmer, Harry Rampersaud, said that he will lose five and a half acres of rice because a rice harvester will be unable to get into his field due to the high mound of dirt that blocks access
