Dochfour villagers renew plea for better drainage structures

Farmers using a small boat to cross the Hope canal yesterday.

Dochfour farmers and residents, who have long pleaded for suitable drainage and irrigation structures, are making a renewed plea, noting that the previous PPP/C administration had not heeded their cries.

Residents are also calling for a foot bridge across the Hope Canal to enable access to their farms as well as making it easier for residents to travel from Hope Estate to Dochfour and other communities and vice versa. Residents said yesterday that it is costly for farmers,