Floodwaters in the Pomeroon River have started receding but residents are expecting to be flooded again as the sluices close, leaving the water without another escape point—a situation that has been recurring over the past two weeks.
The farmers are blaming the drainage and irrigation authorities for the heavy siltation of the Pomeroon River mouth. Minister of Agricul-ture Dr Leslie Ramsammy and Junior Minister Ali Baksh along with a team visited the area and saw the situation firsthand, farmers also said yesterday, while adding that nothing is being done to relieve them of the water that has been there for over two weeks. They depend solely on farming for their livelihoods and now that their crops have been flooded for over two weeks, they are wondering how they will survive.
The farmers are awaiting dry ground to determine the full extent of their losses and when Stabroek News visited the
