Farmers upset over blocked dam at Bush Lot

Photos above show the makeshift zinc fence that has been used to block the dam.

Some residents of Bush Lot, West Coast Berbice have been denying others access to an area called ‘First Dam’ for about one year, after farmers started planting cash crops on it.

According to the residents, the farmers had blocked the front part of the dam with zinc sheets about three years ago to prevent them from passing there with their livestock.

They have to use the dam at the nearby Golden Grove Village and said that