Flooding due to heavy rainfall and the cresting of rivers in Region Nine has left dozens of farms across the South Rupununi inundated, while cutting off crucial movement between communities.
Deputy Director General of the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) Major Kester Craig, in an invited comment, told Stabroek News that the CDC is working alongside the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) to address the situation after several days of continuous rainfall left several villages flooded, resulting in their evacuation.
Craig was one of several officials who accompanied Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo and Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan on an emergency visit to the region yesterday to assess the extent of the situation and meet with regional officials. “We have communities in North Rupununi, South Rupununi and Central Rupununi that are affected; we have
