Agriculture Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy says he hopes to commission the $3.6 billion Hope Canal by the end of April and expressed certainty that the new addition to Guyana’s water management infrastructure will be operationalized by or before June.
Work on the canal commenced in February 2011. Contractors however, due to myriad setbacks, were unable to complete the project within the stipulated 18-month contractual time-frame and so several extensions were granted.
Eventually, December 31, 2013 was said to be the revised deadline although
