By Khadidja Ba
Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha yesterday said that the riot act has been read to the two companies which were controversially contracted to build pump stations at Belle Vue and Pouderoyen on the West Demerara.
During a year-end press briefing at the Ministry of Agriculture’s office on Regent Street in Georgetown, Mustapha expressed his dissatisfaction with the delays affecting the two pump stations.
Both initiatives are under significant pressure to meet their deadlines — July for Pouderoyen and September for Belle Vue — with the Minister firmly stating that no extensions will be provided. The Pouderoyen’s contract was awarded to Spectre Construction Inc and the Belle Vue project to Tepui Group Inc. Neither of the two had ever built a pump station before and recent visits by Stabroek News to the sites showed that very little work had been done.
