{"id":26692,"date":"2025-02-20T21:38:45","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T21:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=26692"},"modified":"2025-02-20T21:38:46","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T21:38:46","slug":"industry-plaisance-ndc-receives-new-excavator-to-improve-drainage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/industry-plaisance-ndc-receives-new-excavator-to-improve-drainage\/","title":{"rendered":"Industry\/Plaisance NDC Receives New Excavator to Improve Drainage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Kimberly Giddings | February 5, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Industry\/Plaisance Neighborhood Democratic Council (NDC) has received a new mini excavator, which will play a crucial role in improving the community&#8217;s drainage system. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The excavator was handed over by Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha, in a ceremony held on the East Coast of Demerara.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This move is part of the government&#8217;s ongoing efforts to develop a comprehensive national drainage system, particularly in flood-prone regions like the East Coast. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The mini excavator will complement the work of the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority, focusing on clearing internal drains while the Authority manages larger canals and primary drainage systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Residents expressed their gratitude for the addition, noting that it will greatly help in clearing smaller drains and preventing flooding. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Orwin Alleyne, a Ranger with the Industry\/Plaisance NDC, and Nichola Bowen, a local resident, both highlighted how timely and beneficial the new excavator is for the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kapil Deo Parsram, a community member, also shared his appreciation, emphasizing that the new equipment will help address drainage backlogs in areas that are difficult for larger excavators to reach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Mustapha further announced that additional excavators would be distributed to other NDCs along the East Coast of Demerara and in other regions of the country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This initiative is part of a broader strategy to enhance local drainage and irrigation systems, with the goal of improving flood management nationwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government has allocated $73.2 billion in this year&#8217;s budget to upgrade and expand the national drainage and irrigation network.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Kimberly Giddings | February 5, 2025 The Industry\/Plaisance Neighborhood Democratic Council (NDC) has received a new mini excavator, which will play a crucial role in improving the community&#8217;s drainage&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25601,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26692","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=26692"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26692\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26693,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26692\/revisions\/26693"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}