Agriculture Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy has said that no Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) was recommended for the Hope Canal project, based on a recommendation that was later endorsed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Ramsammy was speaking during the consideration of the estimated spending for the ministry in the National Assembly on Tuesday night, when APNU MP Dr Rupert Roopnaraine questioned the lack of an EIA, given the potential danger of the Hope Canal’s location to residential living.
“An environmental management plan was done… an [EIA] was not done because the consultants that developed the project recommended
