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President Bharrat Jagdeo has said that the projected rainfall is way beyond the current drainage capacity. “Guyanese understand that we live below sea level and if you have excessive rain fall it will accumulate…there is nothing that could be done for us to not have accumulation,” – Jagdeo President Bharrat Jagdeo has said that the projected rainfall is way beyond the current drainage capacity.According to the President, in the coming days,nfl jerseys china, rain should fall at about 4.5 inches to about five inches, mainly at nights, but the drainage infrastructure could only facilitate two inches of rainfall in a given 24-hour period.Were the rain to be sustained as predicted, there will be accumulation of water, as is the case in certain sections of the country.The Head of State noted that this was why the administration currently has some 50 pumps around the country to aid drainage.The drainage infrastructure in Guyana utilises gravity flow, and were the water to be heavily accumulated on the land and there were to be a high tide, then the gravity flow system could not be utilised.Jagdeo described the current situation as “horrific conditions occasion by the flooding that the (affected Guyanese) are experiencing.” He acknowledged that certain sections of the country were experiencing “aspects” of flooding.He also said that Guyanese understood that, “We live below sea level, and if you have excessive rainfall, it will accumulate…There is nothing that could be done for us to not have accumulation.”The President also pointed out that there have been some neglect of the drainage system as well as the excessive littering that complicates the problem.The phenomenon of accumulation of water is not new.Mere hours after his return from a three-country tour on Thursday, Jagdeo visited the pump station at Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara, where he expressed disappointment at the state of the pumps managed by City Hall. He said that the administration would be assuming responsibility for the pumps operated by City Hall at Liliendaal and Kitty, given that they were being neglected.He said that several hundred million dollars will have to be spent rehabilitating these pumps, but that it must be done, given that a substantial part of the city depends on the pumps. “I don’t like taking over things and running them, but they have neglected these pumps so much that it is time that we get involved…We have been helping all along to keep these pumps alive.” He noted that the pumps were in dire need of rehabilitation.He added also that some pumps were given to City Hall and he hoped that they were deployed in south Georgetown and operable, given that the country generally depends on gravity flow and the southern section of Georgetown generally takes a very long time to be adequately drained.According to the President, the situation will also have to be assessed along the banks of the Demerara River, where there are a number of sluices and pumps along the river.The President noted that, whilst he was in Cuba, Poland and Brazil, he was consistently informed of the situation in Guyana.According to the Head of State, this year much more money has been expended on drainage than in the past. “And from that spending, we have got much more in terms of work.”He said that this was because now, “We have our own capacity…we are doing the same work for half the price using our own equipment.” In the past, the dredging works would have had to be contracted out.He added also that another benefit of having one’s own capacity was the mobility, in that the equipment could be easily moved around.The President did note, however, that were the situation to become worse, he would release emergency funds to tackle the situation. “Even now, reviewing the budget, we may be able to allocate some more money for 2009.”Almost $2B has been spent on National Drainage and Irrigation works countrywide as reports of high indication of an active rainy season continues to unfold.Meteorological reports recently stated that this rainy season can experience at least four to five inches of rainfall within any given day, with a 50 to 60 percent probability of above-normal downpours.Speaking with the media recently, Lionel Wordsworth, Chief Executive Officer of the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority, said that a total of $1.7B has been spent nationwide on drainage and irrigation works.He noted that the NDIA has a fleet of 23 portable pumps and, in preparations for the rainy season, these have been deployed to strategic locations.Six of these have been installed in Region Two, with one in Region Three.In Region Four, there are 39 fixed pumps, but an additional 11 have been stationed around the city and in the East Coast of Demerara to support the existing structures.Two additional pumps, he said, will complement the three fixed pumps in Region Five.According to President Jagdeo yesterday, it was as a result of the significant investment, over time, in the drainage system that the administration was able to manage, to a large extent, the accumulated water.He noted that some people would, nevertheless, experience some discomfort if the rains persist, pointing to areas such as Dazzell Housing Scheme, Paradise, Bachelor’s Adventure, Bee Hive, and Lusignan, among others.