Had the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) begun to pump water from the Pomeroon River into the Tapakuma Conservancy months ago, the farmers along the river would have suffered from salt water intrusion, NDIA head Frederick Flatts says.
In the wake of criticism that the agency and the Ministry of Agriculture had, despite advice, failed to ensure that Tapakuma Conservancy in Region Two was filled for the dry-weather phenomenon El Nino, Flatts told Stabroek News on Thursday that the NDIA is
