Residents on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD) have been assured of adequate preparations for flood prevention during the upcoming May/June rains.
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA), Frederick Flatts, in an interview with the Department of Public Information (DPI) said new pump stations at Enmore, Friendship/Vigilance, and Lusignan are near to completion.
“We have at least two of the pump stations that we can actually use now. So, I have gone as far as telling the contractors that now that we have that, we have to bring the one at Buxton up, to get it completed by the May/June rains. The one at Lusignan is already operable. We had to go ahead and get the pump started during the rainy period around Christmas. There are still some fine things to be done but those are 3 pump stations that are substantially completed along the east coast.”
