Government’s ongoing drainage works avert major flooding
Written by Adele Rampersaud
Thursday, 02 February 2012 21:21
-despite unusually heavy rainfall
THE ongoing drainage works undertaken by the government countrywide have averted what could have been a major flood disaster as a result of the heavy rainfall experienced in some parts of the country over the past few days. AGRICULTURE Minister Leslie Ramsammy and Chief Executive Officer of the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority inspect the Montrose pumps. (Photo by Adrian Narine)
With the amount of rainfall some communities have experienced, it was expected that the issue of drainage capacity would have posed a threat, but the impact of the rains has been minimised by the government’s initiative to boost the drainage capacity even in absence of the rains.
Over the last few days, some areas had in excess of 140 millimetres of water, the equivalent of the total amount of rainfall for the entire month of January.
The same amounts of rainfall in those areas were experienced in 2005, causing a major disaster; but the administration’s decision to put mechanisms in place to tackle major flooding averted a recurrence of that situation.
Briefing the media yesterday, Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon noted that if the same amount of rainfall had occurred sometime in the 90s or early 2000s, the situation would have been more critical. While overtopping threatened many communities and waterways, the situation was brought under control by Government’s interventions.
“The Administration has worked, over
Let us ALL congratulate THe GOVT OF GUYANA.
Written by Adele Rampersaud
Thursday, 02 February 2012 21:21
-despite unusually heavy rainfall
THE ongoing drainage works undertaken by the government countrywide have averted what could have been a major flood disaster as a result of the heavy rainfall experienced in some parts of the country over the past few days. AGRICULTURE Minister Leslie Ramsammy and Chief Executive Officer of the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority inspect the Montrose pumps. (Photo by Adrian Narine)
With the amount of rainfall some communities have experienced, it was expected that the issue of drainage capacity would have posed a threat, but the impact of the rains has been minimised by the government’s initiative to boost the drainage capacity even in absence of the rains.
Over the last few days, some areas had in excess of 140 millimetres of water, the equivalent of the total amount of rainfall for the entire month of January.
The same amounts of rainfall in those areas were experienced in 2005, causing a major disaster; but the administration’s decision to put mechanisms in place to tackle major flooding averted a recurrence of that situation.
Briefing the media yesterday, Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon noted that if the same amount of rainfall had occurred sometime in the 90s or early 2000s, the situation would have been more critical. While overtopping threatened many communities and waterways, the situation was brought under control by Government’s interventions.
“The Administration has worked, over
Let us ALL congratulate THe GOVT OF GUYANA.