As of last evening, residents throughout Black Bush Polder (BBP), Corentyne reported to Stabroek News that while floodwater was slowly receding in the residential areas, the backlands were still heavily submerged.
Suresh Rattan, 45, a cattle and rice farmer from Yakusari, BBP, explained, that he was forced to bring out his animals from the Kokerite Savannah as the situation is presently the worse it has ever been in that area. “Dams what water never run over, a run over right now.”
The man said that he had about 60 cattle, “but me only bring out wah me find and tie them on the road corner… About 40 me na find.”
