With dry weather conditions “taking a heavy toll” on Region Nine (Upper Takutu/Upper Essequibo), the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs says it is implementing a number of support measures to bring relief to residents.
“There has been little or no rainfall in the Rupununi over the last sixteen weeks or so. Ponds have dried up and shallow hand dug wells are low on water while some have gone dry. In some places the rivers have also dried up due to the scorching heat and zero rainfall,” the Ministry said in a statement released yesterday.
Earlier this week, Stabroek News had reported Region Nine Regional Executive Officer (REO) Carl Parker as saying that the availability of water in the region was a “very serious issue” and that even if the rains were to return to the
