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Nov 19, 2009 News
Yesterday, quick action by the Guyana Water Inc and their contractors save residents on Hadfield Street and Winter Place from being affect by sewage which overflowed in the area.
Some time after noon, as the contracting firm, S. Jagmohan Hardware Supplies and Constructing Services were effecting repair works to the sewerage pump at the location a pipe broke and a spill ensued.
Public Relations Officer for GWI, Timothy Austin, said that he was informed that as the workers were carrying out works a six-inch main broke.
He however noted that the workers were trying effortlessly to rectify the problem and preventing the sewage water to spread.
When this newspaper arrived on the scene workers from Cevon’s Waste Management seem to have had the situation under control as they were pumping the excess water which had accumulated in the whole where the men were working.
Austin had assured that the main would have been fixed before night fall. He added that apart from preventing a major spill the contractors have since used special chemical to clean the area to prevent the spread of bacteria.
Recently the Guyana Water Incorporated entered into a contract with S. Jagmohan Hardware Supplies & Constructing Services for the rehabilitation of twenty four (24) Sewerage Pump Stations in Georgetown. This project is aimed at improving the quality of the sanitation service in Georgetown.
One of the stations is located at the junction of High and Princess Streets and the contractor is expected to commence works within the next two weeks.
The duration for construction would be approximately four weeks and is being executed at a cost of M$170.
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