PROMPT and immediate action by engineers attached to the National Drainage Irrigation Authority (NDIA) has saved 200 acres of rice lands that were inundated at Sarah, Wakenaam, Region Three due to a broken koker door in the community.

Farmers tried fixing the door but their efforts proved futile. A report was made to NDIA’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Frederick Flatts, who immediately dispatched engineers to remedy the situation. Engineers and rice farmers on the island came together, last Sunday evening, and replaced the damaged door.

Rice farmer, Jeten Persaud, said he was very happy and satisfied with the prompt response by the NDIA engineers in helping to bring the situation under control. He said rice farmers on the island were expected to harvest within a week and were worried since their rice fields were under water.

Persaud is thankful for the intervention of NDIA in saving close to 200 acres of ripening fields at Sarah, Wakenaam.