Kwakwani lands to be regularised

Commissioner Trevor Benn (Centre) and Merna Adrian (centre) listen attentively as one of the residents make a point during the outreach in Kwakwani yesterday. (Ministry of the Presidency photo)

The Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GLSC) has begun working with a sixth community this year to regularise land usage.

A release yesterday from the Ministry of the Presidency said that the Commissioner of the GLSC Trevor Benn along with a team from the Commission visited Kwakwani, Upper Demerara-Berbice (Region Ten) to inaugurate a process, which is expected to be completed in six months, to provide transports for lands that are already occupied.

During the outreach yesterday, Benn announced that based on the findings of the visit to Kwakwani, a team from the Land Management Division of the Commission will be deployed during the first week of November to set the process in train.

“We will be assigning someone to the community. They will be