…as GuySuCo gears for May/June rainsThere could have been no way to identify the totality of the defect at the Skeldon Sugar Factory in the absence cane to properly run the factory.This is according to Shadow Agriculture Minister,Cheap Jerseys From China, Mervyn Williams, who said that the acknowledgement of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Errol Hanoman, that they have applied for an extension of the defects liability period is to stall. He suggested that the situation is indicative of the fact that GuySuCo’s management is not on top of the situation.“This situation is now a stalling process.”According to Williams, the Chinese contractors could not have possibly identified the defects because the cane simply was not there.Hanoman on Tuesday had confirmed with this newspaper that they had requested an extension of the defect liability period so that the final test run of the factory could be executed within that period.The defects liability period is the duration that was allotted to identify deficiencies, and all such deficiencies identified in that allotted time have to be remedied by the contractors. Subsequent to that any defects will have to be addressed by GuySuCo.Hanoman did stress that the request for the extension is in no way reflective of a suspicion of that there are any critical defects still unidentified.In excess of 100 defects were found at the new Skeldon Sugar factory, with 10 being considered as critical.GuySuCo yesterday in an update to the media on the company’s response to the El Nino weather phenomenon said that predictions from the International Research Institute for Climate and Society of the Earth Institute, Columbia University, USA, is that for the period April to June 2010, there is a 50 per cent probability of the continued occurrence of El Nino.At present, cane growth and development has been affected at Blairmont,NFL Jerseys From China, Enmore,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, LBI and Uitvlugt and this is more pronounced in the saline low-lying front lands at Rose Hall and Enmore.“The Demerara Estates have had to cut back on their re-planting programme.”The GuySuCo Statement pointed to the fact that the Industry has had to confine irrigation to plant canes for germination and to plant canes two to seven months old, which are in their boom growing period.It was pointed out that the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) continues to pump water into the East and West Demerara Conservancies to maintain supplies for agricultural purposes and domestic use.“Supply to East Demerara has been improved by taking in water by gravity through the sluice gate at Maduni during high tides,NFL Jerseys Cheap, experienced last week. Similarly, the supply at West Demerara has been improved by building a stop-off and pumping at Two Mouth into the Service Canal.”Blairmont is still obtaining water by pumping from the MMA main canal. East Demerara Estates are struggling to maintain their navigation canals for flotation of punts by pumping from the East Demerara Conservancy.Wales Estate continues to obtain a reliable supply of fresh water from the Kamuni Creek via pumping. All the Estates are re-circulating water. With the crop over at Uitvlugt Estate,Authentic Adidas Hockey Jerseys China, available water is currently being channeled into areas where cane is being planted.Mobile pumps released from NDIA are still in operation to supply water to Enmore, LBI and Wales. Skeldon Estate had also released one Mobile pump to Blairmont and one to LBI which are also utilized for water supply.The company reported that the integrated agricultural strategy developed and the water management measures adopted by the Sugar Industry have so far been successful in mitigating some of the adverse effects of the ‘El Nino’ weather conditions.“Since the weather can be volatile and not to be caught off-guard,China Jerseys NFL, the industry is already making preparations for the anticipated May-June rains.”