Efforts to reopen the Rose Hall, Skeldon and Enmore estates have so far cost the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) $126 million and resulted in the rehiring of 690 workers.
In 2021, the estates will cost a total of $6.3 billion to resurrect with $2.8 billion to be at spent at Rose Hall, $2.1 billion at Enmore and $1.4 billion at Skeldon.
According to Director of Field Operations, Yuri Persaud the company has had to start from zero in their re-opening efforts as all field equipment was gone when they attempted to re-cultivate the lands.