Justice Navindra Singh last week ordered the owners of three properties in the pathway of the new Demerara Harbour Bridge to hand them over to the government and for the state to compensate them in various sums.
The sums ordered to be paid, according to Attorney-General Anil Nandlall, were less than what the state had offered as compensation. The owners are now to deliver the properties to the government on or before September 30th while the state will have to pay the compensation on or before September 20th.
The government had initiated legal action against Dennis and Odetta Hall, Joseph Klass and others and Prince Wilson for compulsory acquisition of their properties.
