Government has approved an additional J$150 million to increase the emergency response to drought conditions over the next four weeks.
Making the announcement at the weekly Post Cabinet press briefing.
DESPITE a deafening silence in recent time from the Andrew Holness Administration on its plan to introduce a desalination plant to help solve the country's annual drought woes, Cabinet member with.
Amid an unfolding climate change crisis that has caused the country to record consistently below average rainfall over the past year, the Government has approved an additional $150 million to increase its emergency response to drought conditions.
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation Matthew Samuda is putting the country on alert to brace for challenges in the coming months as Jamaica continues to reel from below-average rainfall. Samuda said.
The National Water Commission (NWC) said it is prepared to truck water to critical institutions as it grapples with a chronic water shortage due to extended periods of below-average rainfall. Hermitage Dam (40 per cent) and the Mona Reservoir (34.