Reopening of sugar estates has seen rehiring of 690

CEO Sasenarine Singh (second from left) with the GuySuCo panel

Efforts to reopen the Rose Hall, Skeldon and Enmore estates have so far cost the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) $126 million and resulted in the rehiring of 690 workers.

In 2021, the estates will cost a total of $6.3 billion to resurrect with $2.8 billion to be at spent at Rose Hall, $2.1 billion at Enmore and $1.4 billion at Skeldon.

According to Director of Field Operations, Yuri Persaud the company has had to start from zero in their re-opening efforts as all field equipment was gone when they attempted to re-cultivate the lands.