The planned major drainage project for the Mahaica-Mahaicony-Abary Scheme will not commence for some time as the financing agreement with the European Union (EU) is still to be clinched.
Agriculture Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy has mentioned the project twice in recent weeks and said it will be 30M Euros (US$41M).
When contacted by Stabroek News, the Ministry of Finance said, “the current status is that European Union services has just approved the National Indicative Programme (NIP) document. Local delegation officials are currently working with Guyanese Partners to complete the Action Fiche (objective) by August 15th”. Only after the Action Fiche is
