Whether all 14 drainage pumps procured from Surendra Engineering are in Guyana remains a mystery, as the Chief Executive Officer of the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) refuses to confirm the contract status.Lionel Wordsworth, CEO of NDIA, during an interview with this publication, yesterday, refused to confirm if all 14 pumps were in Guyana and operational.Agriculture Minister Leslie Ramsammy and Lionel Wordsworth, NDIA’s CEOHe however, referred all inquiries to Dr. Leslie Ramsammy,Cheap Jerseys From China, Minister of Agriculture, who in November 2013 said that the pumps were here. But, one day later Cabinet Secretary, Dr. Roger Luncheon refuted that and said some pumps were expected to arrive in Guyana in December 2013.All that Wordsworth was willing to disclose is that one of the pumps under the Surendra Engineering contract was operational at Rose Hall and civil works were ongoing at Canal Polder and Skeldon to facilitate the installation of pumps.He added that the preliminary stage of civil works is ongoing at Windsor Forest, West Coast Demerara and next week works will begin at Enterprise/Paradise drainage block on the East Coast of Demerara.However, Ramsammy in November last year had told Kaieteur News that the pumps are currently being installed at Patentia; Bagotstown; Number 19 in Berbice; Windsor Forest; Pine Grove; Mahaicony; East Coast Demerara, and Albion,MLB Jerseys From China, Corentyne, Berbice.The Minister had said that one is being shipped to Lima on the Essequibo Coast. The Minister further indicated that pumps at Canje, Rose Hall,Cheap Jerseys Online, Bengal, Crabwood Creek, and Black Bush Polder have been completed and are working.Attempts to contact Ramsammy for an updated status on the pumps were futile.The procurement of the pumps has been a controversial issue ever since the government handed Surendra Engineering a US$4 million contract over two years ago. The pumps were bought through an Indian line of credit.Ramsammy had said that tenders for the project were opened in Guyana and in India, and two companies submitted bids in 2011. However, the contract only became operational in March 2012 and was expected to end one year later. It did not. Instead Government granted a one-month extension.When the Alliance For Change had threatened to cut allocations under the Ministry of Agriculture in the National Budget 2013, the Minister had said, of the 14 pumps, six pumps were delivered to the Government of Guyana and most of the parts of the remaining eight are already in the country.Emphasizing the unreasonableness of the cut,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, Ramsammy had said that the delivery of the pumps is not all that must occur. In the 2013 Budget, Government had catered for the construction of pump stations. These contracts have already been awarded and several of the pump stations are under construction.“I don’t know how we are going to build pump stations and then cut the funds for the pumps. Of course some of the money has already been paid in the 2012 budget. So I am utterly flabbergasted, disgusted and disappointed that such a critical project is being threatened,Cheap Soccer Jerseys Free Shipping,” he had declared.In yesterday’s edition of the Guyana Chronicle, Government had placed an advertisement for the invitation of bids for the provision of Engineering Designs for the constructions of drainage pump stations at Joppa No.43, Eversham, Gangaram in Region Six and Lima, Region Two.It was noted, “A firm will be selected under Quality Cost Based Selection Method and procedures described in this RFP,NFL Jerseys China, in accordance with the policies of the Government of Guyana (GOG) detailed in the Policies for Contracting of Consultants.”Bid documents will be available from February 17, 2014 and can be uplifted from the NDIA.According to Wordsworth, the advertisement is not linked to the drainage pumps from Surendra Engineering. However, the designs of the pump stations should be done to facilitate the different types of pumps used by NDIA, including the pumps from Surendra Engineering.