The Region Two Regional Democratic Council (RDC) yesterday dispelled reports of overtopping of the sea defences at Devonshire Castle, on the Essequibo Coast.
While there were reports of overtopping due to high tides at certain parts of the sea defences, the RDC’s acting Information Officer Farouk Basir said that no breach had been found.
Basir explained that upon receiving the reports, various officials from the RDC visited the area and were “looking all over” but did not find any breach.
“We heard about breaches in the area and we didn’t know if it was sea defence or not but we looked at the high level dam after the sea defence and everything was okay. At the moment, the tide is not so high and right now it is receding. It was high around 4 pm but there was nothing there,” Basir explained.
He said that while there had been excessive rainfall in the area for the past 15 hours, with the help of the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) of the Ministry of Agriculture they were able to get most of the water out.
Basir also pointed out that new rip rap structures were constructed by the Ministry of Public Infrastructure in the area about five years ago.
He further stated that currently there are construction works being done by Samaroo Investments to build a facility to house a drainage pump in the area.
