Tuschen North households to receive land ownership documents
…as regularisation process progresses
Some 28 households of Tuschen North in Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara) are set to receive their land ownership documents as the Housing Ministry progresses with regularisation of this East Bank Essequibo area.
Residents are set to benefit from development of essential infrastructure, including road construction and utility connections. The announcement was made on Thursday afternoon during an engagement between the residents and Housing and Water Minister Collin Croal, and Minister within the Ministry of Public Works, Deodat Indar.
Accompanying those ministers were technical staff from the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA), Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI), and Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Inc.
Minister Croal spoke of plans for a CH&PA team to return to the community in April to facilitate the processing of residents’ Agreements of Sale. This crucial step would pave the way for GWI to provide water services in the area.
Ministers Collin Croal and Deodat Indar meeting with Tuschen North residents
Emphasizing cooperation, Croal urged residents to ensure their documents are in order, so that they can ensure a smooth process.
Highlighting the Ministry’s commitment to developing Region Three, Minister Croal also underscored the significant progress made in land allocation and regularisation over the past three years.
Meanwhile, Minister Indar committed to ensuring electricity connections are arranged following completion of the ownership document processing. He also announced plans for the Ministry’s engineers to conduct a comprehensive mapping of the area to determine suitable locations for incoming infrastructural works.
The proposed developments include construction of a new road network, addressing the current lack of road access, and construction of concrete drainage systems.
Tuschen North consists of about 386 lots, and regularisation commenced in 1997. The particular section in focus has been subdivided into 28 lots in 2010, after which squatters began occupying the area.
Regularisation was later done in 2020. There are also persons squatting on the sea defence reserve, which is a zero-tolerance area, and these individuals would have to be relocated. (G12)
