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IDB-funded $174M rice seed facility for commissioning shortly

Nov 27, 2012 News

The No. 56 Rice Seed Facility, in Region Six, which is almost completed, will be commissioned within three weeks, according to Project Manager, Dr. Elizabeth Ramlall.
Citing the need for works to be completed in a timely manner, Minister within the Ministry of Finance, Juan Edghill, during a recent visit to the facility, chided the contractor for slow pace of work, according to a government release.
The $174.4M facility which is funded by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) will see the mills undergoing a testing phase, subsequent to which operations will commence.
Shortly, the services of the Guyana Power and Light (GPL), and the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI), will be installed. These services were not catered for in the initial contract.
Leslie Ann Edwards, Operations Specialist of IDB, voiced concern over the delay in the project which was supposed to be completed by December 24th.
The state-of-the-art rice facility has a capacity to produce 20,000 bags of seed paddy annually, and will house a number of mechanical and electrical equipment, a scale house and a laboratory facility for rice grading, the release said yesterday.
The facility will also be outfitted with equipment to reduce the noise level.

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