– mobile pumps mobilized in all affected areas
The Cane Grove drainage pump station is now fully operational and is draining the Cane Grove area of the water accumulated due to excessive rains.
The pump station experienced some electrical difficulties yesterday afternoon, but was up and running before long, in a matter of approximately 30 minutes. Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud and a technical team yesterday visited the pump station and pointed out that an additional seven pumps service the areas.
He added that across the country, mobile pumps are being deployed daily to different areas to bring some level of flood relief to affected citizens, expressly farmers, whose rice and cash crops are under threat.
The Agriculture Minister visited Helena Number Two, at Mahaica, on the East Coast of Demerara, where one of the mobile pumps was set up yesterday to drain the lands in the surrounding areas.
The mobile pump aided drainage by the Helena Number 2 sluice, which carried the water off into the Mahaica River.
Residents in the area complained that their rice fields and cash crop gardens were under as much as two feet of water, and registered their dissatisfaction at what they called a response that should have come three days ago.
However, the Agriculture Minister maintained that all efforts are being made to ensure that all those affected are supported.
He assured too that the Ministry is looking to put down permanent pumps in the area.
However, while these efforts are being made, the problem of fuel theft has been raised at several locations and the Agriculture Minister confirmed that several persons in charge of the mobile pumps operations, have been sacked for this malpractice.
The fuel for the mobile pumps is provided by the Agriculture Ministry and Persaud urged a sense of public spiritedness by all stakeholders in reporting such incidents to the relevant authorities.
The Agriculture Minister stated that across the country, interventions are being made to ensure that the impacts Guyanese face are minimized.

Regional Status
Several initiatives were undertaken in the different regions and, according to Persaud, are as follows:
Region Two
* Pumps operable at Charity, Andrews, Perth, Lima, Anna Regina and Cozier
* Water is being discharged at Unu Creek, Somerset and Berks, Riverstown and Good Hope.
* Breach at Golden Fleece conservancy, as well as coffer dam, were sealed.
* CDIP workers have assisted with placing sand bags at overtopped areas such as Zorg-en-Veldt and Anna Regina. Those workers also assisted in sealing the breach at the Golden Fleece conservancy.
* Pumps working at Lima and Anna Regina.
* The relief outlets at Unu Creek and Capoey are open.
* Sandbags were placed at Onderneeming and Aberdeen by Community Drainage and Irrigation Project (CDIP) workers where overtopping occurred.
* Machine sealed breach at Unu Creek which also suffered from overtopping.
* Machine built embankment at La Union and Onderneeming
* At Queenstown, sand bags were placed to stop overtopping and a machine heightened the embankment in the area.  
* Regulators opened at Adventure to facilitate drainage.
* Abandoned relief at Onderneeming opened.
Region Three
* NDIA’s dredging equipment was deployed to Den Amstel.
* Irrigator pump was deployed to Patentia.
* Excavation works ongoing at De Kindren and pump deployed to the Meten-Meer-Zorg area.
* NDIA deployed excavator to Scoonard area.
* Rehabilitation of the Blankenburg sluice door and current works ongoing on the Salem sluice door. 
* NDIA’s pontoon and excavator has dredged the Windsor Castle outfall channel.
* Excavation works undertaken at Canals Polder, Windsor Castle and Parika back.
* NDIA completed the rehabilitation of the Stanleytown pump bypass channel and re-deployed a mobile pump from Leguan to Blankenburg.
* Monthly maintenance cleaning of Canal No.1 and 2 main drains
* Excess water discharged at Warmina five door sluice through Bonasika Creek into the Essequibo River.
* NDIA deployed mobile pump from Leguan to Blankenburg.
* Excavation works undertaken at Parika Back
Region Four
* Pumps were deployed and installed at Farm, Herstelling, Jimbo, Little Diamond and Peters Hall, EBD.
* Pumps operable at Annandale and Lusignan.
* NDIA’s CDIP workers are assisting in clearing internal canals at Grove, EBD.
* Pump installed at Hand En Veldt, Mahaica. 
* Two tractor pumps installed at Buxton.    
* Pump to be installed at Cane Grove.
* Pump deployed to Helena, Mahaica.
* Irrigator installed at LBI.
* Irrigator deployed to Paradise/Foulis. 
* Additional pump installed by GuySuCo at Montrose and irrigator at Strasphey.
* GuySuCo pumps operable; 6 pumps operable at LBI, 5 at Montrose and 3 at Ogle.
* Drainage pumps are operable at Hope, Melanie and Victoria.
* Excavation of the Triumph pump basin has been completed along with the excavation of the Annandale bypass and installation of a drainage tube.
* Tractor pumps installed at Craig and Friendship, EBD
* NDIA completed repairs to the Mosquito Hall sluice winch.
* NDIA building dam at Cane Grove.
* Tractor pumps installed at Craig South, Grove South and New Hope. 
* Excavation works undertaken in areas such as Cane Grove, Agriculture Road and Hope.
Region Five
* The dredging equipment is undertaking work at the Abary Creek mouth.
* Farmers will receive fuel from MOA’s NDIA to assist with pumping.
* Retrieve sluice will be opened.
* MMA installed mobile pump at Zorg En Hoop along with drainage tubes.
* MMA installed pump at Belladrum.
* Pump installed at Blairmont.
* NDIA deployed two excavators to clean Perth Biaboo canal, Mahaica/Mahaicony.
Region Six
* Pump deployed to No.19.
* The NDIA’s CDIP workers have assisted with the clearing of drains in critical areas.
* Excavation of the Lesbeholden, Eversham and No.43 outfall channels has been completed.
* NDIA excavators carried out works at Lancaster
* Excavator deployed to Sheet Anchor along with mobile pump.
The Agriculture Minister maintained that other works are being undertaken by NDIA to ensure that drainage is improved and water is taken off as quickly as possible in a drainage system designed to deal with 1.5 inches of rain, but is now faced with as much as eight inches of rainfall in a 24 hour period.