Amid a claim by the city that it controls land on which a five-star hotel is to be built by a Qatari investor, the lands and survey commission yesterday again asserted that the state has lien over the area and it declared that it is prepared to defend the relevant transport.
The city has been equally adamant that the area is under its control and the matter could possibly end up before the court.
In a lengthy statement yesterday, the Guyana Lands and Survey Commission (GLSC) said it hopes the latest information provided brings the disputation to an end. It had issued a previous statement on February 20th rebuffing the city’s claim to the area but this had not stopped Mayor Alfred Mentore from pressing Georgetown’s claim.
