-Water expected to recede by 80 per cent or more in days aheadWith fair weather predicted over the coming days and an aggressive effort by theWater flowing from the East Demerara Water Conservancy channel through the Maduni Sluicegovernment underway to drain flood waters, East Coast Demerara farmers could see some relief, while they look to recover from heavy losses.Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy,Cheap China Jerseys, with a team of officials,cheap nfl jerseys, took media operatives to visit the Maduni sluice yesterday with the aim of ensuring there were no breaches along the dam,Wholesale China Jerseys, as some affected farmers have claimed.“We have been constantly monitoring the conservancy and the dam. During heavy rains and flood you always hear people talking about either breaches or breakages of the dam and I want to assure everyone there is no breach on the conservancy dam. There is no evidence of this as you can see for yourselves. In addition,Wholesale Jerseys, sometimes people talk about overtopping of water and as you travel you will see there is no overtopping,Wholesale Jerseys From China,” said Dr. Ramsammy.Kaieteur News was told that the weather forecast for the next 72 hours indicates that maximum rainfall in some areas will not exceed 35mm per day. Most of the areas will record less than 50mm of water.It is anticipated that 80 percent or more of the water on land would have receded last evening and that a state of normalcy would return to the flood-affected villages and communities after this weekend.Meanwhile, the major concern of the Ministry continues to be the Mahaica Mahaicony Abary (MMA) area.“In the Mahaicony area the river water is continuing to rise and there are problems on the land(s). In Mahaica we are managing well and we are hoping with good weather that we would be able to close the Maduni sluice soon. If the Maduni is closed and we keep moving water out of flood areas then we would avert `a major disaster in the area,Cheap Jerseys For Sale, even though there is a significant amount of losses already suffered by farmers. It will take awhile before water levels go down and things go back to a level of normalcy. The MMA area has been almost our exclusive focus for many days now.”At present, the water level is at a critical stage with a recording of 58.45 gradium (gd).If this level rises to 59gd then that would be considered a danger zone with much worse flood effects.Once it drops to a figure close to 58gd then the Maduni sluice will be closed.