Flood-prone Kwakwani community must be relocated, Regional Councillor says

Regional Councillor Elroy Adolph (at left) interacts with a resident of the flooded Kwakwani waterfront community

As the water rises once again at the Kwakwani riverfront, Region Ten Councillor Elroy Adolph maintains that the community must be relocated to higher ground.

“I’ve compiled a list of more than 20 names of persons who said they wanted to move to higher ground and I am taking it into the [regional administration] so that we can contact either Housing or Lands and Survey for advice on areas where they can be relocated,” Adolph told Stabroek News yesterday.

 The Councillor’s position might just be supported by a Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) report expected to be submitted by the end of next week.