Residents of South Ruimveldt in Georgetown may soon see an end to their flooding woes with the current rehabilitation works to the tune of some $27.8 million on the main drainage sluice in the area.
The Ministry of Agriculture in a release yesterday stated that this disclosure was made by Minister Zulfikar Mustapha during his presentation as part of the 2021 National Budget debate.
Mustapha informed that the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) is currently executing rehabilitation works on the main drainage sluice in South Ruimveldt, which are expected to be completed before the end of April this year. He explained that since maintenance works to the sluice had not been done in a number of years, it had contributed to most of the flooding issues faced in the community whenever there is rainfall.
