Haitians expand the controversial Masacre River canal

[Dolores]

Instead of paralyzing construction works of the canal to divert waters of a river that is born in the Dominican Republic and flows for 2 km into Haiti before returning to its course in the Dominican Republic, Haitian builders have increased the size of the canal. The increase will now enable the canal to divert even more water.

Listin Diario reports that after the protest of the Dominican authorities, the Haitian builders have secured donations of money and construction materials to expand the canal so it can extract more water from the tributary.

Listin Diario reports that the Haitians have built two gabion walls to lead the Massacre River to the dam that, in turn, will feed the canal to irrigate crops in several locations in Haiti.

At the site of the construction, dozens of Haitians are working on the dam with a hydraulic excavator, a tandem compactor...

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[windeguy]

Must be time to close the border.

 

[drstock]

All the problems is that country and they insist on causing more with escalating this one.

 

[cavok]

What happened to the canal that the DR is supposedly digging? Apparently, Haitians think the DR is either bluffing or wasting their time.

 

[JD Jones]

What happened to the canal that the DR is supposedly digging? Apparently, Haitians think the DR is either bluffing or wasting their time.

The Customs Canal is up and ready to go with the big pumps. The other canal is a work in progress.

They won't be happy when that one is done.

 

[lifeisgreat]

The Customs Canal is up and ready to go with the big pumps. The other canal is a work in progress.

They won't be happy when that one is done.

What do you call a dam with no water.....dammed!

 

[JD Jones]

Up and running:

https://x.com/RDSomosPueblo/status/1766653897358049568?s=20

 

[cavok]

That looks to be a fraction of the size of what was being built in the foto in post #1(?).

 

[JD Jones]

That didn't last long. Their happiness was cut short once the pumps began pumping to the Aduana Canal.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1773563834021613941

 

[NALs]

The Haitian canal in the Dajabón River has seen a drop in the amount of water after the DR started again a Dominican canal further upstream. As expected, the amount of water left after the Haitian canal was not enough for Dominican farmers in the northern border region.

PS. Good thing DL refers to the river by its actual name given by the Tainos and not the name the French colonists, former masters of the Haitians, gave of something that happened to them in the 1600’s.

 

[bachata]

No hay suerte;

JJ

 

[Northern Coast Diver]

Now it's time to begin working on the dam on the Artibonito!