The Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GLSC) is about to embark on a national remapping exercise after more than half a century but the scheduled start was delayed after a laptop was allegedly stolen from the Canadian company contracted to execute the project.
The laptop has since been replaced and the project is expected to commence soon in regions One and Four. The mapping exercise is part of a US$18 million project that will aid the commission in determining how much land is available and consequently guide decision-making when considering development projects.
At the commission’s end-of-year press conference yesterday, GLSC Commissioner Trevor Benn said that the laptop, which belongs to North West Geomatics Ltd, a Canadian company, was “illegally removed” from one of the company’s planes. He said that the contractors arrived in Guyana three weeks ago with the intention of starting the mapping exercise but were unable to do so after the alleged theft.
