| Kishan Bacchus, the contractor responsible for the ongoing construction work at the old Radio Demerara site, yesterday refuted claims by City Mayor Hamilton Green that he (Bacchus) was causing a serious blockage to the city’s drainage system.The mayor, at a press conference on Tuesday last,Jerseys NFL Wholesale, told media operatives that the municipality was prepared to take affirmative action against the contractor carrying out construction work at the site. He blamed the disposal of waste from this site for hindering the effective operation of the city’s drainage system.Mayor Green said that he had met with the minister concerned and had given him a deadline for the contractor to clear the pall-off within 24 hours, or affirmative action would be engaged.He added that City Engineer Beverly Johnson has been instructed to use whatever means is at her disposal to remove the encumbrance.But, according to Bacchus in a telephone interview yesterday, the claims by the city mayor could not be further from the truth.During a visit at the construction site yesterday,Cheap Jerseys From China, Mr Hamid Hoosein, an engineer attached to the construction works, said that while no instance of blockage has occurred, there was need to construct a coffer dam reaching from either side of the banks of the Princes Street canal in the vicinity of the construction site.The purpose of the coffer dam, he said, was to create a temporary drainage channel for the water in the canal in order to allow workers to construct a concrete bridge within the confines of the area.Hoosein noted, though,Cheap Soccer Jerseys, that the presence of the coffer dam,Cheap Stitched Jerseys, while not stopping the flow of water, did to a negligible extent slow the pace of the movement of the water when the tide rose and fell.According to Hoosein, the municipality was very aware of this development, since it was charged with granting the necessary permission for the coffer dam to be built in the first place.The coffer dam has since been partially removed; but, according to Hoosein, the water in the canal remains stagnant, and up to yesterday was at the same level with a nearby koker, since the pump there seems to be inoperable.And indeed, the pump is inoperable, according to the city mayor in an invited comment yesterday. The mayor even expressed concern over the municipality’s delay in having the pump fixed.Nonetheless, he remained adamant that there was some level of blockage created by the ongoing work at the site.“The water did not flow to the west in Princes Street because of a serious blockage created by the contractor…Every morning, I receive calls from citizens complaining that their yards have been inundated,Wholesale Jerseys Cheap, and that has been the principal cause,” the mayor articulated last Tuesday.He acknowledged, however, that the municipality had given permission for the construction of the coffer dam, but insisted that the contractor had exceeded the time allotted to him to build the bridge.“There was a mistake with the design of the bridge. I even told the engineer that I had believed it should have been higher…” Mayor Green divulged.Efforts to contact the City Engineer to garner a comment on the matter, however,Cheap MLB Jerseys, proved futile. Up to yesterday afternoon, no action was engaged against the contractor’s operation. |
