Latest update September 6th, 2026 7:34 PM
Rehabilitation work still to commence on $5.5M sluice
CEO of the NDIA Lionel Wordsworth
Contracts have been awarded and money has been paid, but rehabilitation works are still to begin on the Parika/Naamryck relief sluice gate.
This rehabilitation is slated to cost $5.5 million. When Kaieteur News visited the area yesterday, the sluice operator, Ray Rodrigues, said that he is not aware that any rehabilitation work is to be carried out on the sluice gate.
However, he did point out that the sluice gate is in dire need of repairs. He explained that the structure has reached the stage where it can ‘break away’ at any moment, thus causing an overflow of the Boeraserie Conservancy.
According to Rodrigues, he reports daily to a Mr. Deen who works with the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) and that Deen was informed on many occasions about the condition of the sluice gate.
Rodrigues said that he has been working as the sluice operator at the Parika/Naamryck site for over a year now and he has never heard anyone talking about repairing the structure.
Meanwhile, Rodrigues did note that he observed someone measuring the sluice gate earlier in the year.
When Kaieteur News contacted Mr. Deen yesterday afternoon on the condition of the sluice gate, he directed all queries to the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA).
Acting Chief Executive Officer of the NDIA, Lionel Wordsworth, told this newspaper last evening that the contract has already been awarded and works will commence shortly on the sluice gate.
However, Wordsworth could not say to whom the contract was awarded or when it was awarded.
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