GuySuCo tells squatters to remove from ECD lands

The Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc. (GuySuCo) has issued a warning to squatters occupying their lands at Vryheid’s Lust, Success and Chateau Margot on the East Coast of Demerara to remove forthwith as the entity is in the process of reviving its operations in the area.

“The Corporation is currently in the process of reviving its operations at East Demerara and the squatting on these lands is hindering the land preparation process,” GuySuCo noted in a statement Wednesday.

The State entity noted that a number of fields in the area houses its Germplasm collection which is vital for the Corporation’s Cane Breeding Programme but these fields have been destroyed by the squatters.

“Some of these fields have been vandalised by the squatting activities resulting in the destruction and or loss of material developed over a decade of scientific research in variety improvement, therefore setting back the development of better yielding varieties by a number of years,” the statement noted.

See GuySuCo’s full statement below:

Major Issue of Squatters Occupation in GuySuCo’s East Demerara Estate (Enmore Estate) Cultivation

The Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc. (GuySuCo) wishes to notify all persons who are illegally occupying or squatting on lands at Vryheid’s Lust, Success and Chateau Margot on the East Coast of Demerara, that these lands are the property of the Guyana Sugar Corporation’s East Demerara Cultivation (Enmore Estate) and hereby advise these persons to immediately desist from such occupation.

The Corporation is currently in the process of reviving its operations at East Demerara and the squatting on these lands is hindering the land preparation process.

Additionally, a number of fields in the cultivation, house the Corporation’s Germplasm collection which is vital for the Corporation’s Cane Breeding Programme. Some of these fields have been vandalised by the squatting activities resulting in the destruction and or loss of material developed over a decade of scientific research in variety improvement, therefore setting back the development of better yielding varieties by a number of years.