Civil defence body examining Coomacka flooding woes

The extended bank of the Demerara River with sediments that brought from floodwaters    (GINA photo)

The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) was in Coomacka recently looking at flooding and other risks as part of creating a Regional Disaster Risk Management Plan for Region 10.

GINA said on Tuesday that the CDC team included Deputy Director General, Major Kester Craig and Andria Grosvenor, Planning and Business Development Manager of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA).

Coomacka  suffered major flooding recently from rain and has also experienced