GEORGETOWN’S Mayor Ubraj Narine announced, on Monday, at the Georgetown Mayor and City Council’s statutory meeting, that the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) was working in collaboration with the Mayor and City Council’s Engineering Department to ensure that the City is properly drained of excess water during the rainy season.

The National Drainage and Irrigation Authority(NDIA) has taken responsibility for the maintenance of the primary drainage infrastructure in Georgetown.

This means that NDIA will be responsible for ensuring that all the main canals and outfall channels in the city are cleared.

Georgetown is designed to accommodate 50ml or 2ins of rainfall in 24hrs. If that is exceeded, there’s the possibility of flooding in the City of Georgetown.
NDIA’s CEO, Mr. Fredrick Flatts, stated that, in order to alleviate flooding pumps will be used to get rid of excess water on the land.

Additionally, Flatts made the point that there were two systems of drainage that were operational – the secondary which includes main drain and canals and the primary drains include alleyways and small drains.

Flatts further explained that there wasn’t enough accessibility to maintain the cleanliness of some of the main drains in the areas of the City because of squatting.
The CEO of NDIA assured that the authority was well equipped to deal with possible flooding in the City.