The Agriculture Ministry yesterday commissioned the Liliendaal drainage pumps,NFL Jerseys 2018, which was rehabilitated at a cost of some $76 million by contractor,Wholesale Nike NFL Jerseys, Harrychand Tulsi.At the commissioning ceremony yesterday, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA),Wholesale NFL Jerseys, Lionel Wordsworth, noted that the facility was first commissioned some 31 years ago as part of the East Georgetown Flood Alleviation programme.However, during a visit by President Jagdeo recently, it was found that the pumps were operating at a low efficiency since essential components such as impeller housing, bearings, power cables, discharge pipes and all rotating element were found to be severely worn out and damaged beyond repair.?In this regard,Cheap NHL Jerseys, the decision was taken to rehabilitate the pumps.With a contracted duration of three months, rehabilitation works commenced in April with the extraction of the worst of the two pumps and re-installed in May.Wordsworth explained that the works were then delayed for six weeks because of the mid-year rains and re-commenced in July on the second unit. This pump was completed that same month. Since then, it has been in operation.The rehabilitated pumps, which account for 50 per cent of the city’s pumped drainage,NFL Jerseys Cheap, will be operated at a combined discharge capacity of 300 cubic feet per sec at a rated head of 12 to 12.5 feet irrespective of the state of the tide.“This facility, as it were, will be under the control by the Mayor & City Council of Georgetown to serve areas extending from East Cummings Lodge to the East of Sheriff Street and to the South Ruimveldt,” Wordsworth said.Meanwhile, President Bharrat Jagdeo expressed his satisfaction with the transformation of the pumps, as he reiterated its importance to the city of Georgetown.“This facility drains a significant part of the city and I’m sure that it would bring improvement to the people, particularly in the rainy season. This is just one of many facilities that will have to be rehabilitated,Cheap Jerseys, reconstructed and part of one of our plans to deal with the whole issue of climate change and changing weather patterns,” President Jagdeo said.He urged the Mayor and City Council to make full use of the facility. To this end, Mayor of Georgetown, Hamilton Green promised that the council will maintain the structures as best it can within the legal, constitutional and administrative capacity of the city council.Minister of Agriculture, Robert Persaud, reminisced that the facility needed massive intervention in terms of rehabilitation, as it was performing at about 65 percent of its output.He explained that between 2001 and 2006, the Agriculture Ministry has spent over $260 million on drainage issues in the city.Minister Persaud made it clear that the facility will not end flooding in the city but will give greater capacity to drain water off the land.“We will not be able to stop flooding in Guyana or along the coast…we are sitting one meter below sea level and we know that the sea level rise will continue.”However, despite this, he noted that with limited resources, the government has been matching its ability and response to clear the water off the land in a prompt manner.Persaud revealed that very soon, the Agriculture Ministry would enter into a $250 million programme with the Inter American Development Bank, which will see the rehabilitation of the Golden Grove, Victoria and Cane Grove Pumps and Pump Stations.“And these are facilities that have pumps and infrastructure there going back to the 50’s and the 60’s…and some of them have been performing at low effective rates in terms of providing drainage.”