The Ajeenkya D Y Patil Medical College which is under construction at Turkeyen has failed to comply with the requirement that all commercial properties build one metre above the current elevation along Guyana’s coastline; this was put in place after the 2005 Great Flood that caused millions in damage and devastation.
Stabroek News was informed that the initial design of the college was flawed, but this was never addressed. The flood prevention construction initiatives were implemented to act as precautionary measures to reduce potential property damage and to control the spread of disease should flooding of that magnitude occur again.
This publication reached out to the construction division of Buddy’s Guyana, the contractors for the college. Stabroek News spoke briefly with the
