Anna Regina Town Council threatens legal action against GL&SC

The Anna Regina Town Council is contemplating legal action against the Government if it continues to grant leases to business owners who are renting portion of lands in Anna Regina, Essequibo Coast.
Mayor Rajendra Prabhulall, in a release to the media, recently stated that two officers of the Lands and Surveys Department in Region Two met with him, Deputy Mayor Rudolph Williams, Town Clerk Dian Chritchlow and Councillors, informing them that the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GL&SC) was instructed by Government to issue leases to businesses operating in the Deep Area in Anna Regina.
According to the Mayor, the Deep is owned and managed by the Town of Anna Regina and is being used to generate income for the township by renting spots to persons to operate small businesses.
The Mayor related that the persons operating in the Deep owed millions in arrears to the Town Council and while a payment plan was being worked out, a senior Minister of Government visited the area and promised to give those persons leases for the land that they were presently renting.
This, he added, is disappointing since the Government has bypassed the township without any consultations on the matter.
As such, he has written to the GL&SC to cease the issuing of leases. In addition, letters were dispatched to the Ministry of the Presidency and the related subject Ministries on the matter.