As government strategises to combat flooding on the coast, a new pump and sluice will soon be built at Herstelling on the East Bank of Demerara, two pumping stations have been promised by the European Union (EU) and aid is being sought for six mobile pumps.
“Under the CARICOM Development Fund (CDF) they will build a pump station and sluice at Herstelling on the East Bank of Demerara, on the Demerara River. That design is already completed it is just the construction now,” Head of the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority, Frederick Flatts told Stabroek News yesterday.
The announcement of a pump station and sluice to channel excess water into the Demerara River comes even as the EU last week pledged two additional pumping stations with outfalls, to be
