Amaila Falls hydro on IDB radar again – President

Donald Ramotar

The controversial Amaila Falls Hydropower Project (AFHP) is once again being examined by the board of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and they will hopefully be wrapping up soon, President Donald Ramotar says.

“As far as I know (the project) is back with the IDB Board and hopefully (the) IDB Board will be concluding on that in the not too distant future,” the president said at a news conference yesterday. He was hopeful that the developers, Sithe Global, who withdrew,  will be back on board. The president