Close to a year after an extension to the $800 million contract for the supply of 14 flood relief pumps from India, not a single one has been commissioned thus far.
Neither the Agriculture Ministry nor the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) could confirm whether all 14 drainage pumps and ancillary equipment purchased from India’s Surendra Engineering were in Guyana, three years after the contract was awarded.
Speaking with Stabroek News, Agriculture Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy said there was some confusion and issues with storage but that the pumps were in Guyana. He later stated that the ministry was waiting on the completion of the various pump stations and eight gearboxes from an American firm for installation to continue. It is unclear why the gearboxes would not have
