In recent weeks no work has been done on the Liliendaal pump station which has a completion date of April this year.
There has been no word on what has occurred from either the Ministry of Agriculture or the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority.
The US$6m project is expected to boost the drainage capacity in several flood-prone areas.
On Friday, contractors were not on site when Stabroek News visited and construction work had clearly stalled.
In July last year, Project Engineer, Larry Carryl has told this newspaper that the pump will capture water from as far as Ogle since their basins are connected with those in Liliendaal.
“We envision that the pump will significantly reduce the drainage problem in the communities. It is not going to solve flooding in Georgetown, however the government is looking to invest more in these expansion projects”, he stated.
It was also noted that in an effort to better assist with drainage in the entire Turkeyen area, extending as far as Sophia and even some sections in the South Ruimveldt area, the pump will feature its own drainage pipeline which will lead water straight to the Atlantic Ocean. This pipe will be run underground from the pump road area straight across to the ocean.
The project which is being undertaken by General Engineering Supplies forms part of the Guyana Flood Risk Management Projects which was funded by the World Bank through the Agriculture Sector Development Unit’s Sustainable Agricultural Development Project (ASDU-SADP).
In addition to the building of the new pump, rehabilitation works were also to be done on the aged Liliendaal pump station as well as construction of stainless-steel sluice doors along with two mobile pumps to aid in the drainage of water in the Ogle catchment area.
