US$21.8 million is to be pumped into a project which will assist Guyana to sustainably manage its lands, Commissioner of the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GL&SC) Trevor Benn said adding that it is a great step towards making his agency 21st century ready in the field. “We are operating on a 19th century infrastructure to deliver 21st century results. So our maps, for example, are from the mid to early 1900s. We need to update those maps,” Benn said at the handing over of a draft proposal of the document at his Upper Hadfield Street, D’Urban Backlands Office on Friday.
He added, “We need to bring up to date our land management systems, so that we know who has land, where it is located, the