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PM commissions $289M pump at Lima
The newly commissioned Lima pump is expected to significantly enhance the drainage and irrigation situation faced for years by residents and farmers in Region Two and likewise reduce flooding. “It’s a good day for Essequibo.”
Prime Minister, Moses Nagamootoo and other officials at Lima Essequibo yesterday.
The commissioning of the $289M Lima pump was done by Prime Minister, Moses Nagamootoo yesterday, at Lima, on the Essequibo Coast.
Prime Minister Nagamootoo was accompanied by Agriculture Minister, Noel Holder; Chief Executive Officer, National Drainage and Irrigation acting, Fredrick Flatts; Executive Director, E&A Consultants, Region Two Chairman, Devenand Ramdatt; Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, George Jervis and other senior officials aligned with NDIA and the Agriculture Ministry.
During his address to Essequibians, Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo reminded that 20 per cent of Essequibo’s economy is derived from Agriculture which is the” backbone” of the country’s development.
However, in his argument Nagamootoo said that to seriously address the issues of drainage and irrigation and flooding, it would require the need for irrigation and drainage pumps respectively.
Nagamootoo said that Essequibo’s story does not only have to do with rice; it also has to do with cash and other crops as well.
He cautioned that it is however essential that the new facility is being used and properly managed to avoid the excessive build up of water in canals and outfalls. This, Nagamootoo believes, would only happen once the Government and the opposition work in partnership, knowing it is the populace who they owe that responsibility to.
Almost 60 per cent of rice lands have already been cultivated in Region Two and while the issues of poor and late payments remain two of the critical issues faced by rice farmers, Nagamootoo said that the coalition government will make attempts to address those critical issues readily.
Minister of Agriculture, Noel Holder, said that the pump was strategically placed in Lima due to the village being the largest watershed on the Coast. Holder said that $95M was released in the 2014/2015 budget to address drainage and irrigation in Essequibo.
He pointed to the anticipated reduction in flooding in the Region as a result of the installation of the Lima pump.
The Lima pump has a capacity to release 200 cubic feet of water per second or 90,000 gallons per minute. The pump is expected to lend service to 3000 thousand residents and farmers in Lima and adjacent areas.
The pump during its construction by Samaroo’s Investment, was funded by an Indian line of credit. (Yannason Duncan)
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