300 Leeds village families to receive land titles soon

Some 300 families of Leeds village, Region Six (East Berbice/Corentyne) will soon receive Certificates of Title for lands they have been occupying for decades.

The Ministry of Legal Affairs and the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GLSC) on Saturday held a land regularisation exercise in the village and occupational surveys are expected to be completed within the next week. This process, which involves verifying land boundaries and resolving any disputes, is expected to take approximately 90 days.

Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, SC explained that this is President, Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali’s initiative that is being conducted along the West Coast Berbice.

“We started with Cotton Tree, and we are going to do Numbers One, Two, Three, Four and Five. That is thousands of titles we will be issuing to people who have been in occupation of those lands,” the Department of Public Information (DPI) quoted Nandlall as saying.

“We are doing a similar process at 49 Village, right here on the Corentyne coast. And we are going to conclude that shortly, and that will give that entire village titles for the land that they are occupying. And we are working on one along the East Bank of the Berbice River.”

The government is funding this process through the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission, Attorney General Chambers, and the Ministry of Legal Affairs.

Residents were urged to lend their full cooperation to ensure the surveys and titling process can be completed efficiently.