The Ministry of Agricul-ture and the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) yesterday signed nine contracts worth $697.3 million for the construction of drainage pump stations and sluices.
GINA said that Minister of Agriculture Dr Leslie Ramsammy said that for the construction of a sluice at Bagotville, West Bank Demerara, Jainul Hossain Civil Engineering Con-tracting Services won a $48M contract, while Nabi Construction Incorporated clinched another valued over $57 million for a similar installation at La Grange. Both contracts are of a six-month duration, GINA said.
At Bagotville, 1100 acres of residential areas and farmlands will benefit from better drainage once the sluice is built, GINA said. At La Grange, 2500 acres of residential areas and farmlands will benefit.
Among the other contracts, GINA said that a $181.8 million contract was signed with Roopan Ramotar Investment for the construction of a pump station at Joppa No.43, Berbice, and Samaroo’s Investment sealed a $191.5 million contract to construct a pump station at Lima, Essequibo Coast. Both contracts will run for seven months.
GINA said that a total of 7000 acres of residential areas and farmlands will benefit from the Joppa pump station and 4000 acres of residential areas and farmlands
