Farmers along the Pomeroon River, in Region Two will now benefit from improved drainage in the various communities.
A Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) release yesterday stated that the minister, Zulfikar Mustapha, along with other officials of the MoA and the Regional Democratic Council commissioned two long-reach excavators and a pontoon valued at over $104.5 million.
The release informed that this equipment forms part of the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority’s (NDIA) capital programme for 2021. The contract for the construction of the pontoon was awarded to VR Construc-tion for $44.5 million while the excavators were supplied by Guytrac to the tune of $60 million.
