| Flooding in the polders at Black Bush will be a thing of the past later this year, after a new mega $400M two-door koker, which is currently under construction at Bengal Farm on the Corentyne, is opened for use.Region Six Chairman, David Armogan, stated that this new structure, upon completion later this year, will make flooding at Black Bush Polder, a thing of the past.The $400M Sluice at Bengal Farm under construction“And we will dig a new canal from Johanna to Bengal to assist with further drainage. As soon as that canal finishes, we should ease up flooding in Black Bush Polder which should be some time later this year.”He stated that the sluice is being built at the “mouth of the sea so the siltation will be reduced.”Armogan has stated that warning letters have been issued to farmers in Black Bush Polder who seem hell bent on continuing the practice of pumping water into the Black Bush irrigation system.The irrigation systems are owned by the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA). The NDIA Chairman stated that legal action can be taken if the farmers of the Kokerite Savannah area fail to desist. The Kokerite Savannah, located aback of the Yakusari Black Bush Polder areas was originally allocated to farmers years ago for cattle farming; however,Wholesale Nike NFL Jerseys, some have been using the leased area for planting rice at the moment.Armogan stated that when the savannah water “gets heavy” they pump water into the Black Bush system, “so in-as-much that we’re taking out water out of the system, more water is coming in from the back, because these rice farmers—about 8 of them—they are pumping water from the Kokerite area into the Black Bush Irrigation canal,Cheap Authentic Jerseys, bringing water back into the Black Bush Polder area.”Armogan stated that even though there is gravitational flow and usage of numerous pumps,Jerseys NFL Wholesale, the water is taking very long to get off the land due to the illegal practice. Letters have been issued, he stated, to get people to desist from pumping water into the system.“We have seen some improvement…the water in Yakusari as well as Johanna have been brought to an acceptable level.”Armogan noted, though,NFL Jerseys From China, that there is some water in the rice field areas,Jerseys NFL Cheap, but this is needed since the plants are growing.He showed a request from farmers in the Number 52-74, Corentyne areas, that “despite all the rains that have been falling, they are now asking for irrigation water. “As of today, the two pumps at Manarabisi will be put into operation to ensure that water is available. There were not many cases of flooding like previous, “because we did a lot of work in terms of drainage and irrigation.”The Chairman stated,cheap jerseys, too, that more than 50,000 acres of rice are under cultivation. Figures have shown that this is perhaps one of the biggest crops in the region in terms of production. He stated that more and more people are going into rice cultivation.“And since we have been able to continue the market we had in Venezuela…a lot of our rice is going to that market at a good price—it’s much, much higher than the world market price.” |
