By Subhana Shiwmangal
Squatters at Hill Foot, Soesdyke-Linden Highway, whose homes were demolished on May 31 following a court order, held a small protest on Sunday to express their dissatisfaction with how the Ministry of Housing is handling the issue of turn-key houses and lands promised to them.
The protest which consisted of about fifteen persons, took place on the main road at Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara and lasted from 9 am to 12:30 pm. The residents were initially removed from the road on the night of May 31 following their first protest, but returned with discarded materials blocking the flow of traffic from both sides of the public thoroughfare on June 1. They lit the debris and as police sought to put out the fire, tensions ran high resulting in a clash between the police and civilians.
