The housing ministry is aiming to have areas such as Plastic City, Container City, West Ruimveldt and East Ruimveldt regularized to allow Diamond, Grove, Herstelling and a number of areas in Linden to benefit from sea defence works, the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported.
At a media conference last week, Minister of Housing and Water Irfaan Ali said that during the last high tide period, the sea defence at Diamond, Grove and Herstelling faced tremendous difficulties owing to squatters occupying the reserves.
In the meantime, the ministry has been appealing to the persons residing on government reserves to visit the ministry to
