Two additional pumps are to be placed at Buxton to assist in the drainage of floodwaters from the East Coast villages affected by recent rainfall, even as many remain flooded with residents complaining that their livestock have been falling ill.
This is according to a release from the Government Information Agency (GINA), which related that Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) Frederick Flatts said yesterday that the pumps would be relocated from Berbice and another area on the East Coast.
The GINA report stated that those two pumps would supplement the six pumps already in place at Buxton, and that those, along with the pumps located at Lusignan and Annandale, “should
