Joint initiative sees desilting in city, restoring of monuments

Restoration work being done on the Brickdam Independence Arch

A joint initiative started on Sunday by the new government, the Mayor and City Council and private citizens “has as its main goal the desilting of the 11 outfall channels in the city so as to minimize the flooding caused by the May/June rains,” Deputy Mayor Patricia Chase-Green said yesterday.

There was evidence of these efforts as machinery owned by BK International could be