Around 400 families in Anns Grove, East Coast Demerara, and over 200 in Walton Hall, Region Three will finally acquire legal ownership of land they have been occupying for centuries, the Department of Public Information (DPI) said yesterday.
This will be made possible through the government’s ongoing land regularisation programme.
Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Mohabir Anil Nandlall, SC, announced the plan on his weekly programme “Issues in the News” on Tuesday, DPI said.
Already, over 180 residents in Cotton Tree, West Coast Berbice, received certificates of title after decades, formally reinforcing ownership of land passed down by their ancestors.
Nandlall assured that other communities in Region Five and along the Essequibo coast will also benefit from the land regularisation drive.
“Numbers One, Two, Three, Four, and Five Villages [West Coast Berbice]…are all included in the process. We are going to deliver another three or four hundred more titles,” the AG stated.
He further noted that residents should expect to receive their certificates upon the completion of the land surveying process, which is underway.
“The surveyor is there. I spoke to him today. He is staying in the location to complete an occupational survey and then we will start to roll out titles” the minister said.
The land regularisation programme, in conjunction with the housing drive, exemplifies the government’s unwavering dedication to providing safe and affordable housing to all Guyanese.
