Following flooding due to spring tides and sea defence breaches, parts of some Mahaicony villages remain inundated with stagnant salt water as a result of the blocking of a drainage canal by a farmer seeking to protect his own rice crops from being flooded.
Recent floods in Mahaicony have left farmers counting millions in losses.
As an intervention, a dam was constructed on the northern side of the public road from Columbia to Fairfield to prevent further flooding and damage. The constructing of the dam hasn’t altogether stopped the sea water from getting in as some days there is still overtopping.
