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City Hall identifies constraints

May 23, 2015 News

The Mayor and City Council is appealing to all Guyanese to pay more attention to the way they treat city drains as these are vital to public health and safety.
The city is drained by 12 canals which empty into the Demerara River. The outflow from these canals is controlled by gates which open at low tide to drain the city and close at high tide to prevent flooding.
Over the years, the challenge of drainage of the city seems to be aggravated by complex natural conditions. The Atlantic brings with each tide, a large quantity of mud suspended in the water creating serious problems for the city.
Post 1970 Georgetown has same sluices. It also does not have catchment areas that existed before but 13-odd square miles to be drained.
There is the presence of squatters on drainage reserves (this prevents access to machines cleaning canals), heavy aquatic growth, widespread disposal of waste into canals, inadequate staff and absence of vehicle to transport staff, equipment and materials.
The major constraint would be finance.

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