MP flays NDIA over pump station projects

By Stabroek News On In Guyana News |
An aerial view of the East Demerara Water Conservancy at its Flagstaff location. Despite the prevailing El Nino conditions, water levels in the conservancy currently stands at 56.60 GD and is satisfying the irrigation needs in farming areas served by this reservoir. (Office of the President photo)
An aerial view of the East Demerara Water Conservancy at its Flagstaff location. Despite the prevailing El Nino conditions, water levels in the conservancy currently stands at 56.60 GD and is satisfying the irrigation needs in farming areas served by this reservoir. (Office of the President photo)

While not denying or agreeing with Opposition Member of Parliament Ganesh Mahipaul who yesterday highlighted a number of incomplete pump station contracts throughout the country and questioned the oversight of the procuring entity, the Ministry of Agriculture said that it will soon respond to the claims.

“The ministry will be providing a response to this very shortly,” Head of the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) Lionel Wordsworth told the Stabroek News when contacted.

“I feel compelled to express grave concerns regarding the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority’s management of critical projects. The NDIA must provide answers and be held accountable for this level of incompetence,” Mahipaul wrote in a letter which was published in yesterday’s edition of the Stabroek News.