N residents rebuilding after mudslide
-CDC, other agencies helping
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“The residents have come ut and decided to give a elping hand and we are orking to rebuilding roadays and foundation of omes that were washed ay. Everyone has reconised the importance of building so we have an l-hands-on-deck work orce,” the Chairman xplained.
He noted too that the gion is expected to receive ome geotextile materials to upport their rehabilitation orks.
Morian added that the gion is still to carry out a etailed assessment of the reas that suffered damage nd will soon deploy sources to rebuild these areas.
Should there be any more heavy rainfall, it is feared that the houses may easily slip away. A source, who asked not to be named, indicated to this newspaper that some 13 homes have been affected by the erosion.
In a Facebook post on Monday, the Director General of the CDC, Lieutenant Colonel Kester Craig, noted that following the heavy rains the soak-away at Blueberry Hill was washed away and five homes had been directly and severely impacted.
From pictures shared by Craig, the houses appear to be precariously poised on their respective foundations, sections of which have already been heavily eroded.
This newspaper was informed that the affected residents are mainly squatters who had constructed their homes without any permission from the authorities.
“This erosion of sand, clay and water is very scary because you don’t know when the mudslide can affect your home. A mudslide can push a home from… straight into the Demerara River or even knock down another house along the way,” the source pointed out as he called on the authorities to offer assistance to affected persons.
The man noted that because residents had engaged in land clearing by removing the trees to make space to erect their homes, there is no longer any support to hold the sand in place.