Govt meets with landowners along GtE transmission route

On Friday, Legal Affairs Minister Anil Nandlall met with more than 70 persons whose lands/occupation will be affected along the corridor where the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) transmission cables will be run to transmit electricity generated under the Gas-to-Energy (GtE) Project along the East Coast of Demerara (ECD).

The Government intends to compulsorily acquire these lands and pay market value in accordance with the law. The same process used by the Government for similar exercises in recent times for other national projects shall be utilised.
Significantly, the Government assures that every effort will be made to ensure that the process is consultative and fair; that the affected persons receive adequate compensation; and that they are accorded all the protective safeguards guaranteed to them by the Constitution and the law.
The first batch of persons is from Goedverwagting to Columbia, Mahaicony.
This corridor will extend as far as No. 53 Village on the Corentyne Coast.