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Hururu residents dissatisfied with Bai Shan Lin agreement

Mar 22, 2015 News

The February 25th lease agreement signing between Bai Shan Lin and the Hururu Village Council is not going well with everyone. The Village Council signed on to an agreement with the Chinese Company that paved the way for usage of the wharf in the community which is located on the Berbice River and the construction of a stretch of road through the community.
In the lease agreement, the Chinese logging company is getting access to 24.7 acres of land for the construction of that road at $5,000 per acre annually.
Hururu is an Amerindian Village located in Region Ten. Regional Chairman Sharma Solomon recently said that full support was never given by the community for the agreement that was entered into.
“Even the people of that community were not consulted and recently they would have collectively raised their voice and they are preparing a petition for the Minister of Amerindian Affairs to know quite clearly that they are not satisfied with that deal.”
According to Solomon, the majority of people of the remote community feel as though they have been sold out by the deal that was struck.
“There is absolutely no consultation and that is what the people have signed against in terms of that petition. They have started the petition, even members of the executive of the council have signed the petition so as to reverse the decision that was made to lease to Bai Shan Lin land for them to open up a logging pond.”
The Ministry of Amerindian Affairs which overlooked the signing had also disclosed that there are benefits that the community will derive from the agreement with Bai Shan Lin. It was also stated at the time that Toshao Winsbert Benjamin had said that the community so far is enjoying good relations with the Chinese logging company.

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