{"id":21003,"date":"2024-07-02T14:06:09","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T14:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=21003"},"modified":"2024-07-02T14:07:34","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T14:07:34","slug":"betterhope-lbi-ndc-chairman-urges-flood-preparedness-amid-rainy-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/betterhope-lbi-ndc-chairman-urges-flood-preparedness-amid-rainy-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Betterhope\/LBI NDC Chairman Urges Flood Preparedness Amid Rainy Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>by Nakasia Logan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the rainy season intensifies, residents of Betterhope\/LBI are urged to take proactive measures against potential flooding, according to Chairman Zaman Shaw of the Betterhope\/LBI NDC. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shaw emphasized the importance of maintaining secondary drains and ensuring that front drains are at least 24 inches wide and deep. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He underscored the shared responsibility between the NDC and homeowners in preventing floods, highlighting ongoing efforts by a community enhancement team equipped with an excavator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chairman Shaw also expressed concerns about narrow drains and residents obstructing drainage systems, which exacerbate flood risks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He noted collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture\u2019s National Drainage and Irrigation Authority to clear major canals, part of a comprehensive plan to safeguard communities from heavy rainfall impacts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Nakasia Logan As the rainy season intensifies, residents of Betterhope\/LBI are urged to take proactive measures against potential flooding, according to Chairman Zaman Shaw of the Betterhope\/LBI NDC. Shaw&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21004,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21003","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=21003"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21005,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21003\/revisions\/21005"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}