Provisions for relocation being made for squatters on sea dams

East Bank Demerara : Director of the Settlement Regularization department within the Ministry of Housing and Water, Gladwin Charles has refuted claims by some sections of the media that the Ministry intends to demolish the homes of squatters on the sea dam at Herstelling and Farm on the East Bank of Demerara without first making provisions for their relocation.

Charles noted that while the Ministry remains adamant that the squatters have to remove from the reserves, the Ministry continues to work with them to ensure that they receive house lots in available housing schemes.

The Central Planning and Housing Authority served the final notices on March 22 to the East Bank Demerara squatters.

He said that several of these squatters have applied and have received house lots; some are in the process of building, while some others are waiting for confirmation from the Ministry to start building.

The Sea and River Defence department urged the squatters to remove from the location so that the Ministry could have carried out works to erect permanent structures to bring relief to the residents.