Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha and Lionel Wordsworth, Chairman of the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA), and members of the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) yesterday conducted assessments of flood impacted areas in Essequibo Islands-West Demerara (Region 3).
A release from the Department of Public Information (DPI) said that the Minister of Agriculture and team assessed villages which included Meten-Meer-Zorg, De Willem, De Kinderen and Zeelugt. These hard-hit areas were given assurances by Mustapha that the NDIA will work tirelessly to ensure that mobile pumps are installed and fully operational at De Kinderen and Zeelugt, and main drains in other areas such as Tuschen will be cleaned and desilted.
