HEAD of the Presidential Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon yesterday said government continues its aggressive campaign to reduce the impact of the floods on affected households in the communities of Georgetown and further afield on the coast. Speaking at his weekly post-Cabinet press conference at the Office of the President in Georgetown, Luncheon said President Donald Ramotar joined Public Works Minister Robeson Benn in visiting the affected wards for a firsthand view and engagements with Guyanese.
Cabinet has subsequently approved expenditure that was being incurred by the state and government agencies, by nongovernmental organisations, and the City Council, all of whom were engaged in bringing relief and reducing the impact of flooding.
The restoration campaign is planned to be implemented at a cost of over $56M that Cabinet earmarked for the exercises, Luncheon informed.
He said the expenditure would finance activities that concentrated on the drainage system within Georgetown and the outfalls, weeding, garbage collection and disposal and mobile mechanical drainage of impacted areas.