Residents of Backstreet, Charity, Essequibo Coast were last night forced to spend the night in over one and a half feet of floodwaters after construction being done on a koker in the area caused a breach in a main dam; the wooden koker is being replaced with a concrete structure.
Last Sunday, the same dam was breached causing the water from the nearby canal to be lodged on the land. Yesterday’s breach was said to be the result of inferior and inadequate work being done on the koker.
When Stabroek News visited the area, water was seen rushing rapidly from the canal onto the land and overtopping the street.
