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Soesdyke/Linden communities get potable water for first time

Jul 14, 2016 News

About 1,000 residents residing on the Soesdyke/Linden Highway will receive potable water, under a programme being executed by the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI). This is the first time that the communities would receive potable water.
A $47.9M contract was awarded to R. Kissoon for the installation of transmission and distribution networks and service connections at Kuru Kuru and Kukururu, Soesdyke/Linden Highway.
S. Jagmohan Hardware Supplies was also awarded a $45.49M contract for the installation of a transmission and distribution network at Waiakabra, Soesdyke/ Linden Highway. This project seeks to enhance the quality of life for residents along the highway, and to make these communities attractive for residential settlement.
GWI’s Director of Infrastructure Planning and Implementation, Ramchand Jailal, explained that the agency is in the process of providing the contract document to the contractors who are expected to commence works in August. The duration for the contract is two months.
“So we expect the works will be completed within these periods, and we are working along closely with the communities to ensure that we deliver these projects successfully, very early, well within the third quarter of 2016 to ensure that the communities start to benefit very soon,” the GWI Director said.
Additionally, Jailal said that a project which is serving that community and surrounding areas has just been completed in Hill Foot. He said that the GWI is now undertaking the drilling of a new well in Silver Hill to provide water service to that community. “These communities have been suffering from the lack of water supply; they never had water supply in that community so this project provides for drilling a new potable water well and installation of the mains and service connections to provide service for the entire community,” Jailall explained.
Meanwhile, for the rehabilitation of potable water wells in Georgetown- Shelterbelt, North Ruimveldt Shelterbelt Number 2, Tucville and Mocha, a $20.2M contract was awarded to Water and Oil Well Service Company Ltd of Trinidad.

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