A visiting high-level World Bank team, led by its Vice President responsible for the Latin America and Caribbean region, Carlos Felipe Jaramillo, along with officials from the Ministry of Finance yesterday inspected various developmental and completed project sites that form part of the World Bank project portfolio in Guyana.
A release from the Ministry of Finance said that the site visits included pump stations at Enmore, Lusignan and Liliendaal that fall under the Flood Risk Management project for Guyana. The objective of that project is to reduce the risk of flooding in the low-lying areas of the East Demerara. Civil works are underway to improve drainage, upgrade critical sections of the East Demerara Water Conservancy dams and channels, and improve hydro-meteorological monitoring.
Additionally, the release said that the team visited the New General Secondary School, Westminster, West Bank Demerara which falls under the Secondary Education Improvement project. The school caters for 1000 students residing in the Region 3 area and offers amenities in TVET, Home Economics, Allied Arts, Science and Information Technology Laboratories and library in addition to classrooms and an Administration Block. A multi-purpose hall is provided for indoor sports, large gatherings as well as seating for the canteen facilities. The facility also caters for persons with special needs with wheelchair access to all areas on both floors.
