Debris in drainage pumps costs City Hall $$$ to rectify

The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) on Thursday highlighted that debris in drainage pumps across the capital city, continues to cost the Council millions to rectify.
This was according to City Engineer Colvern Venture during a press conference held at City Hall, when sections of the city flooded on Thursday due to heavy rainfall.
“These pumps most of the time are down because of debris getting into the pump foot and as such is costing the Council millions of dollars to have these pumps repaired, so I am emphasising that the residents and persons to desist from disposing of their waste in canals or waterways in the City,” he said.
Venture noted that two of the City’s pumps are currently down due to the same

clogging issue.
He informed that the South area of the city was flooded. “It was evident in South Ruimveldt, North Ruimveldt and also we had in Alexander Village, East and West Ruimveldt where we had a lot of waters in those areas”.
According to him, the issue was compounded by the sluices being closed at the time in those areas.
Among the things being done to reduce the water levels in the city, the Engineer noted that the drains were cleared and the sluices were subsequently opened.
His statements came at a time where sections of the city were again sheeted with floodwaters due to the heavy rainfall experienced on Thursday morning.
Children were seen making their way to school while decked in their water boots to protect their feet from flood waters.
In the meantime, persons who could not have avoided the waters found themselves wading through to carry out their daily activities.
This was the case on Main Street, Georgetown where employees made their way through the waters to get to their various workplaces.
Believers who were in need of prayers and counselling even braved the flood waters to enter the different churches around the city which were also flooded.
Route 42 (Timehri to Georgetown) minibus operators who were also affected by the floodwaters were as much as removed from their bus park on High Street, opposite Ashmins Trading for a second day due to the situation.