Senior Engineer Jermaine Braithwaite from the Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI) says that the works to reinforce the Rumzigt, West Coast Demerara shore with rocks was necessary since the mangroves and other vegetation there were progressively dying.
Stabroek News had reported on January 29th that works on the seashore in Ruimzigt had resulted in the destruction of mangroves and other vegetation which residents had said worried them.
However, speaking to this newspaper on the same day that the news item appeared, Braithwaite said that the understanding of the residents is flawed and that MPI has been monitoring the area for years. While it was a healthy mangrove area some 10 years ago, the trees started to die off, which he said is a natural phenomenon.
“It’s a cycle which is very
