With dry weather persisting due to the El Nino weather phenomenon, acres of rice are starting to die in the Mahaica and Mahaicony areas as some farmers are still unable to get water to their lands.
“It just keep getting worse and worse every day and they ain’t got anything we could do. Them man keep on pumping when we suppose to pump and nobody doing anything about it,” farmer Susankar (only name) told Stabroek News, as he lamented already losing 150 acres of rice.
“It’s not just me losing. All these farmers in this block [Block One] starting to
