The Agriculture Ministry has operationalised four new fixed pump stations over the last week, three of which were set up from the controversial 2011 Surendra Engineering contract.
According to the ministry, the new pump stations are located at Para-dise, East Coast Demerara, Region 4; Pine Ground, Mahaicony, Region 5; Canal Number 1, West Bank Demerara, Region 3; and Vrede-en-Vriendschap, Canje, Region 6.
While the ministry does not specifically state which of the three pumps were provided under the $820 million contract with Surendra, it did state that of the four pumps, the ones located Paradise, Vrede-en-Vriendschap, and Canal Number 1 each had a discharge capacity of 200 cubic feet per second.
