THE Windsor Forest pump station, which will house one of the eight fixed site Surendra pumps, will be operational soon, according to Agriculture Minister, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy.“The pump has been installed and we are preparing for it to be operational soon,” he said in an invited comment.

Once completed the pump station will support drainage from La Jalousie to Vreed-en-Hoop, several communities along the West Coast Demerara corridor.
The work at Windsor Forest is being done by Samaroo Construction.
In 2012 the contract was signed for the 14 pumps to be supplied by Surendra Engineering Company; six mobile and eight fixed site pumps, but initially the programme consisted of 39 pumps which will be placed across the coastland of Guyana. However, only 14 are to be supplied by Surendra.
The other seven fixed site Surendra pumps will be placed at Canal Number One, Rose Hall, Gangaram, Eversham, Number 43 Village and Lima and Paradise.
Several of the new pumps are expected to be commissioned over the next few weeks.
The US$4M award was given to Surendra Engineering Company after competitive bidding and approval by the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board, in 2012. The company was not contracted to build the machines, but rather to supply them, fabricate or procure from another firm, for drainage purposes.