More than 400 house lots at Yarrowkabra,Wholesale Authentic Jerseys, Soesdyke/Linden Highway are being considered to relocate families “squatting” in Timehri North on East Bank Demerara. Minister of Public Works Robeson Benn made the statements on Friday last.The Minister told media operatives that the government would not be building any houses, but he is aware that land is being made available for persons to relocate and build. He said while information has reached authorities that some persons refuse to remain in the Timehri area; arrangements are being made for them to be relocated to other areas.Benn was answering questions pertaining to the “squatters” removal. He reiterated that people living around the airport are squatters. About 75 homes are in the critical expansion area. He said that these persons have to remove to ensure the expansion of the airport runway, for the new terminal to be built,Cheap Jerseys, as well as parking areas and to make the port acceptable and safe according to international standards.He said that an airport committee comprising of airport officials, Works Ministry, Civil Aviation, Lands and Surveys, Local Government,Wholesale Jerseys, Housing Ministry and the area’s Regional Democratic Council are dealing with the relocation programme.There is a draft airport relocation plan which encompasses measures to relocate the “squatters,” he added.As it relates to moving, Benn said there have already been discussions with the army and prisons authority as they too have facilities in the areas slated for expansion work.Benn informed that the removal process is expected to occur in phases. Declining to state how soon the residents would be moved,Cheap Jerseys USA, he said there are about three or four phases on the site, which lays out the number of lots.Mapping and drawings works have already been completed and the area is viable for public facilities such as schools, health centres, playgrounds etc.The “squatters,Cheap Nike NFL Jerseys,” would receive titles for their land and they could get financing for housing, Benn said. This was after another reiteration that residents of Timehri North are squatters and the government will not be building houses for squatters “who were told over the years don’t build on airport land.”As it relates to the Environmental Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) removal of settlers would be set at the level that ensures that their new condition is no worse than they enjoyed previously at which they were when removed. However, Benn said that he cannot make that commitment. A person who invades another’s property cannot be compensated for that, he said.He said that the security of the airport is a high priority on the list, and those persons have to remove. He added, “We are aware that some of those people who have built mansions are perhaps involved in suspicious activities, and we do not want them around the airport land for reasons of safety for the area which is required for airport operations and for security.”A Partnership for National Unity disagrees with the Minster’s utterances. Shadow Minister of Public Infrastructure, Housing and Water, Joseph Harmon, said via a press statement, that Benn’s statements “is the latest manifestation of a PPPC government that has no concern for the interest of ordinary people.”He charged that the excerpts from the Minister’s press conference make the party (PPPC) and Government anti working class posture more pronounced.In relation to the agencies involved in the Airport Relocation Plan, Harmon said that the plan will not work.He said, “The high handed manner of dealing with the concerns of citizens will certainly militate against construction work on the Airport Expansion project.”Harmon said that on the Environmental Social Impact Assessment (ESIA),Wholesale Jerseys, an environmental specialist who consulted with APNU said that the document of Benn’s committee is not an ESIA. “It is an Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP) which is devoid of a social component. This is reflected by the absence of any consultations with adjacent and impacted communities to fashion the Social Management Plan to respond to concerns of those communities.”“The document contravenes the spirit of the Environmental Protection Act 1996. The Government of Guyana as the project proponent should not be responsible for undertaking the ESMP since the intent is that the environmental analyses be conducted by an independent authority devoid of any interest in the future of the project.”“The ESMP has no discussion related to the demographics of the impacted communities and their livelihood