Improved relations between Guyana and Japan will see added resources being made available to improve the drainage of the capital city, Georgetown.
Foreign Affairs Minister Carl Greenidge, in a recent interview with the Government Information Agency (GINA), indicated that the aid from Japan would contribute to the reduction of flooding in Georgetown.
“It now brings in additional resources and skills from Japan…as part of that mechanism we will put together the existing programmes to which other bilaterals may have been contributing,” Minister Greenidge explained.
The execution of this project will see the Agriculture Ministry, its National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA), the Municipality and Central Georgetown being brought together within a singular framework in order to have a coherent plan to treat the problem of the city’s constant flooding.
“The physical work is perhaps the last stage because they now have to devise this plan, draw up plans, then integrate them …before construction commences…that dimension is already on the way…in the case of the next 18 months or so, the results of a number of these can be seen,” Greenidge said.
Throughout the years, Japan has made consistent contributions that assisted with Guyana’s development. These include, but are not limited to US$9.5 million for the establishment of a new water treatment plant at Queenstown, Corriverton, Berbice in 2009; and a US$2.9 million grant aid project, which was utilised to import civil engineering equipment and electric power machinery in 2014.
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