Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud  has informed the National Assembly that rehabilitation work  on the koker door at the Guysuco pump station at Montrose, East Coast Demerara  is expected to be completed by May 24.

The work which was scheduled to commence last  Thursday is being  undertaken  collaboratively by the NDIA (National Drainage and Irrigation Authority) and GUYSUCO, Minister Persaud said in responding in writing to a question by PNCR-1G Member of Parliament Anthony Vieira  by way of  Notice Paper No. 234. The answer was circulated at Thursday’s sitting of Parliament.

The PNCR-1G MP had asked the minister to inform the National  Assembly when Guysuco would  fix the koker at the Montrose pumping station  “to enable all five pumps located there to work to full capacity during all tides.”

Minister Persaud  explained   that  “the fixing of this koker door will not enable all five pumps to work at full capacity during all tides  because the pumping station was designed to operate at full capacity only when the tides are below  2.90 M GD.”
However, GUYSUCO  and the NDIA  are at present  “coordinating activities to enhance the present infrastructure at the Montrose pump station to allow for continuous operation of all five pumps at full capacity  during all tides,”  Persaud stated……