{"id":25301,"date":"2025-01-07T15:05:33","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T15:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=25301"},"modified":"2025-01-07T15:05:34","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T15:05:34","slug":"national-assembly-approves-5-billion-for-national-drainage-and-irrigation-authority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/national-assembly-approves-5-billion-for-national-drainage-and-irrigation-authority\/","title":{"rendered":"National Assembly Approves $5 Billion for National Drainage and Irrigation Authority"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Saskia Warrick | November 27, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The National Assembly has approved over five billion dollars in funding for the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) to enhance drainage systems across Guyana. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This allocation is part of the government\u2019s larger $84 billion supplementary budget aimed at supporting national development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of the total amount, over $2 billion will be directed towards capital projects. These projects include the construction of access roads, rehabilitation of farm-to-market routes, dredging of outfalls, and the building of drainage channels. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, mini and amphibious excavators will be procured to assist flood-prone communities, benefiting hundreds of residents across multiple regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response to concerns from Opposition Member Vincent Jordan, Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha clarified that the management of these new machines would be handled directly by the NDIA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Mustapha also provided an update on the construction of the new pump station at Cottage, Mahaicony. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the project is 70% complete, delays have prompted the government to pursue damages from the contractor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to the capital allocation, another $2.5 billion has been approved for current expenditures, bringing the total amount to over $5 billion for drainage improvements. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These efforts are part of the broader national development strategy supported by the government\u2019s supplementary budget.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Saskia Warrick | November 27, 2024 The National Assembly has approved over five billion dollars in funding for the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) to enhance drainage systems&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25273,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25301"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25302,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25301\/revisions\/25302"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}