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Say their land is being stolen and given away by GovernmentThe government continues to be mired in controversy. Residents of Sheet Anchor,Cheap NFL Jerseys Online, East Canje Berbice, are accusing the government of trying to steal their land and sell it to “big wigs”.However, they say that they are prepared to fight to the end to keep what they say are lands passed down to them by their ancestors.These residents are up in arms over what they claim are the conceit and wicked behaviour of officials of the Lands and Surveys Department (LSD) who are hijacking their lands and selling and leasingParcels of the now disputed lands.the plots to their friends and cronies.The residents stated that the lands which adjoin their property at the back are transported lands which were passed down to them from their ancestors. Some of the lands have been in their possession for more than 200 years. Some residents have transport for the properties dating back to the 19th century. The land in dispute is from North Public Road to Seawell Plantation Walk (Lackaa).It was said that during the British regime a decision was broached by the state and the villagers that the residents give up a portion of the land from Cross Dam to Seawell Plantation Walk (which is now the Fort Ordnance Housing Scheme).The residents produced transports to show their ownership of the land. One such transport dating back to 1899 shows that it was bestowed to one Kubir Persaud of Sheet Anchor. He was assigned Lots numbered 37 and 39 north of the Public Road, in the Sheet Anchor/ No2 Palmyra District,Wholesale NFL Jerseys From China, Berbice. This was laid down and defined by J.L Yhap and D.M Edghill, sworn land surveyors, and entered into the Deeds Registry at New Amsterdam on February 17, 1950.It also gave the holder the right of grazing cattle and other stocks over the pasturage ground of block ‘C’, a portion of the said Sheet Anchor. This was granted on June 28,Melvin Gordon Wisconsin Jersey, 1950. The transport was updated on July 31,Andrew Luck Stanford Jersey, 1970 and bequeathed to Dhankumaree Prashad of Sheet Anchor.The residents stated that the matter was fully ventilated at a meeting with former President Bharrat Jagdeo, Minister Robert Persaud and then Regional Chairman Zulfikar Mustapha way back in 2007 at the Cumberland NDC Office.At that meeting the President reportedly ordered the Lands and Surveys Department “to leave the people’s property alone.” He had also instructed then Regional Chairman Zulficar Mustapha to make sure the residents get back their land. The situation has not changed.They are surprised that the matter has been brought to the fore again by representatives of the Lands and Surveys Department. They were surprised when they received what they said was a rude letter from one Dylon Bess, Corporate Secretary of the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission dated March 21, 2013 instructing them to attend a meeting on April 16, 2013 at the Lands and Surveys Department in Georgetown,Purdue Boilermakers Jerseys, failing which the lands will be given away.The lands are theirs and they vow to defend their property at all cost. In a letter dated February 28, 2013 and sent to Head of the Lands and Surveys Department, Mr. D. Persaud under the caption – Lease Lands Block C Sheet Anchor,C.J. Fair Syracuse Jersey, the residents stated their dissatisfaction that their transported lands were being leased to individuals without their knowledge by the Region Six,Shane Buechele Texas Jersey, Lands and Surveys Department.The residents are concerned that despite assurances, people still turn up and are fencing off their property. |
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