Contracts inked for rehabilitation, upgrade of Linden water system

GWI Chief Executive Nigel Niles (right) hands over contracts to Suresh Jagmohan as Procurement Director Aubrey Roberts looks on.

The Guyana Water Incor-porated (GWI) signed two multi-million-dollar contracts last Friday for the rehabilitation and upgrade of the Linden water distribution system, under the Guyana Government/IDB US$12.3 million Linden Water Supply and Rehabilitation Pro-gramme (LWSRP).

GWI’s Chief Executive Nigel Niles and Suresh Jagmohan signed the contracts valued over $156 million and $319 million in the boardroom of the Linden Enterprise Network Inc in the presence of key stakeholders from Linden including Vice Chairman Byron Lewis, a press release said. The first contract is for the rehabilitation of the mains and upgrading of the distribution network on the West Bank and the second is for similar works on the East Bank. Both contracts were awarded to S Jagmohan Hardware Supplies and Construction Services.

According to Executive Director of Capital Investment and Planning, Ramchand Jailal, the