While the majority of communities in Region Eight have not been severely affected by the countrywide flooding, roads have suffered extensive damage making travel very difficult to some of the remote villages, Regional Executive Officer (REO) Peter Ramotar says.
Numerous sections of the dirt roads within the Potaro-Siparuni region have either been washed away or have collapsed, forming large holes in some parts. Some bridges are also under water due to rising levels. Ramotar, however, said, the damage was “expected and understandable.”
“It’s dirt roads. Its mountainous areas. Naturally there will be damages after this type of rainfall,” he told Stabroek News yesterday via telephone. He said that the current state of the roads has affected travel between communities in the region. He said that while not impossible persons who are shuttling in supplies find it difficult to access communities in the region.
