{"id":20219,"date":"2024-06-06T16:27:35","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T16:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=20219"},"modified":"2024-06-06T16:28:59","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T16:28:59","slug":"swift-government-response-leads-to-receding-water-levels-in-linden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/swift-government-response-leads-to-receding-water-levels-in-linden\/","title":{"rendered":"Swift Government Response Leads to Receding Water Levels in Linden"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><strong>By Saskia Warrick<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Water levels in Linden are receding following swift intervention by the government after the town experienced significant flooding due to an unusual amount of rainfall in Region 10. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Approximately 4.5 inches of water were recorded, causing widespread inundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha attributed the flooding to the lack of preparedness by the Regional Democratic Council and the municipality for the rainy season. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, rapid actions were taken by the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority, along with assistance from the Bosai Minerals Group, to clear the drainage systems, allowing the floodwaters to recede.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Mustapha emphasized the importance of local government authorities and residents taking proactive measures to mitigate the impacts of future flooding. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He called on both parties to play their part in maintaining and improving drainage infrastructure to prevent similar incidents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, the local hydrometeorological office is forecasting intensified rainfall over the next few weeks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response, the Ministry of Agriculture is working across various regions to reduce the risk of flooding. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Efforts include monitoring the operation of pumps and implementing other flood mitigation measures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the capital city, the Ministry is collaborating with communities to clear internal drains. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Mustapha reminded that maintaining these drains remains the responsibility of the City Council. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, three engineers are tasked with daily monitoring of the pumps and other interventions that have been put in place to manage water levels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Saskia Warrick Water levels in Linden are receding following swift intervention by the government after the town experienced significant flooding due to an unusual amount of rainfall in Region&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":20220,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20219"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20221,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20219\/revisions\/20221"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}