Conservancy rehab gets long-arm boost from Japan

These pontoons at work were yesterday presented along with eight long-arm excavators to Guyana by the Japan International Cooperation Agency as part of a continuing project to rehabilitate the crucial East Demerara Water Conservancy. (Arian Browne photo)

Japan yesterday presented eight long-arm excavators and two pontoons to Guyana as part of a continuing project to rehabilitate the critical East Demerara Water Conservancy (EDWC).

The handing over was done between the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Guyana’s National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) and saw Agriculture Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy warning