Farmers and residents of New Friendship-Vigilance on the East Coast of Demerara will now benefit from a new $240M drainage pump station which was commissioned on Friday.
According to the Department of Public Information (DPI), addressing the gathering at the ceremony, Minister of Agriculture, Noel Holder said “the Ministry of Agriculture, remains committed to flood risk management for the economic, and social well-being of the Guyanese people and gives its assurance that it will continue to implement aggressive plans and civil works to undertake investments, maintenance and future planning in drainage and irrigation.”
Meanwhile, Chairman of the Buxton-Foulis Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC), Forbes Abrams said the installation and commissioning of the new facility allied with works aback of the village represent a new beginning for the communities following decades of neglect.
