28 Tuschen Households to Receive Land Ownership Documents & Benefit from Infrastructure Works

28 Tuschen Households to Receive Land Ownership Documents & Benefit from Infrastructure Works

Twenty-eight households at Tuschen North, Region Three, are set to receive their land ownership documents, as the Ministry of Housing and Water continues with the regularisation of the area. Additionally, they will benefit from essential infrastructure development, including road construction and utility connections.

The announcement came during an engagement with the residents and Minister of Housing and Water, Hon. Collin Croal and Minister within the Ministry of Public Works, Hon. Deodat Indar, on Thursday afternoon. Accompanying them were technical staff from the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA), Guyana Water Inc. (GWI), and Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Inc.

Minister of Housing and Water, Hon. Collin Croal and Minister within the Ministry of Public Works,  Hon. Deodat Indar, engaging  residents.
A view of the squatting area being regularised.

Minister Croal spoke of plans for a CH&PA team to return to the community in April, facilitating the processing of residents’ Agreement of Sale. This crucial step will pave the way for GWI to provide water services in the area. Emphasizing cooperation, he urged residents to ensure their documents are in-order to ensure a smooth process.

Minister of Housing and Water, Hon. Collin Croal

Highlighting the Ministry’s commitment to developing Region Three, Minister Croal also underscored the significant progress made in land allocation and regularisation efforts over the past three years.

Meanwhile, Minister Indar committed that following the completion of the ownership document processing, electricity connections would be arranged. He also announced plans for the Ministry’s engineers to conduct a comprehensive mapping of the area to determine suitable locations for incoming infrastructure works. The proposed developments include the construction of a new road network, addressing the current lack of road access and the construction of concrete drainage systems.

 

Minister within the Ministry of Public Works,  Hon. Deodat Indar.

Tuschen North consists of about 386 lots and regularisation commenced in 1997. The particular section in focus was subdivided into the 28 lots in 2010, after which the squatters began occupying the area. Regularisation was later done in 2020. There are also persons squatting on the sea defence reserve, which is a zero-tolerance area and these individuals will have to be relocated.