Disciplinary action recommended for koker attendant

Blankenburg flooding…
Full disciplinary action has been recommended for the koker attendant who left the Blankenburg, West Coast Demerara facility opened causing flooding in the community.
In a letter addressed to the Minister of Agriculture, Regional officials stated that this is the second time that the same attendant was negligent in his duties.

Some of the wet chickens

Officials from Region Three are also calling for the attendant to be removed from the sluice pointing out that if this individual is allowed to stay at that sluice site it may result in further consequences.
On Sunday last, the attendant left the koker open causing hardships for some residents of Blankenburg.
One poultry farmer, Nazmoon Khan, rushed to save her chickens but many were already soaked.
She said that it was about 02:00 hours when she heard her chickens making a lot of noise so she grabbed a lantern and rushed outside, only to see the flooded conditions.
According to the farmer, a neighbour and herself manage to remove many of the 500-plus meat birds she was rearing. By midday on Monday about 100 had died.
However in justification the koker attendant said that something went wrong and the door could not be lowered.
He claimed that some aspect of the mechanism was wrongly placed and this caused the door to jam tight.
However, some of the affected people said that Kandial was drunk and simply failed to lower the koker.
Residents said that numerous complaints have been made to the regional authorities but no action has ever been taken.
Other residents had flooded yards and in a few cases, the water had intruded into their homes. The tide was rising again last night but by then the residents had taken the necessary precautions.