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City Mayor has concerns about rehabilitated pumps

Jan 12, 2010 News

City Mayor, Hamilton Green, has expressed concerns about the recently rehabilitated pump stations at Kitty and Liliendaal.
According to Mayor Green, the fact that the two pump stations are electrically driven is the first headache for the municipality.
The two stations will now be under the control of the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) that is struggling to pay its regular electricity bills.
Just over a month ago, the M&CC and the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) became embroiled in issues of non payment and indebtedness after GPL disconnected power supply to a number of entities controlled by the municipality for non payment of its electricity bill.
Mayor Green said that when the government undertook to rehabilitate the two pump houses; he suggested to the technical personnel that the facilities be diesel driven. He said that for reasons known only “to these wise men, they opted for electrical pumps.”
Green believes that his suggestion would have been the cheaper option since the pumps will normally be operational during a specific period —the rainy season.
Additionally, Green said that he has concerns about the service offered by GPL. He said that should the power supply to these pumps be affected in time of heavy rainfall, one can envisage a burden on the already fragile city drainage system.
Further, Mayor Green said that although he did not approve of the approach taken in relation to the two pump stations, he made further suggestions that received the cold shoulder, too.
He said that he advised the technical committee to outfit the pump with an alternative power line to the regular one in the event of unfortunate events during the rainy season.
Green said that this back up line will automatically come into operation if and when the original line to the station develops problems.
This, the Mayor said, will allay fears of flooding that can be avoided when the rainy season comes around.
Green says one cannot downplay the likelihood of occurrences like these since the reputation of GPL is known countrywide.
The two pump stations at Liliendaal and Kitty were re-commissioned after they were rehabilitated to the tune of over $120M. The works to the two facilities were done at the behest of President Bharrat Jagdeo after he visited and bemoaned the deplorable nature of the facilities.
At the re-commissioning ceremony of the Kitty Pump Station, City Mayor, Hamilton Green, said that such undertakings should not have been the work of central government, but rather the municipality.
The former Prime Minister said that his agency, however, could not undertake such works since there is a paucity of funds at the municipality.
Green described the relation between the government and the municipality as, the master and the minion, with the government exercising its political might.
He said that the government is looking to undertake works that should be the duty of the city council. This he believes is strategic to project the government in a favourable light and at the same time punishing the municipality. When quizzed about the suggestion of an improved relationship between Government and the M&CC by the President, Green said that he hopes that this becomes a reality so that all can benefit from improved services that will be offered by the municipality.

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