GOVERNMENT will today file an injunction against Celina Atlantic Resort, after prolonged efforts to halt its operations have proven futile.Public Infrastructure Minister, David Patterson told this publication yesterday by telephone that subsequent to a meeting, a decision was made to file an injunction against the management of the resort.
“At least three cease orders to halt construction taking place there have been issued; they have been ignored. As such, we will be filing the injunction today,” the minister said.
This publication visited the site at the Kitty seawall and discovered that despite calls by the government to halt operations, management of the hotel is still moving at a rapid pace with the work of construction.
Some of the contracted workers disclosed that they were unable to speak with this publication, as neither their managers nor the actual owners of the resort were present at the time; that they stop by from time to time to check up on them.

According to reports, the hangout bar and restaurant, which made the news in recent months because of the massive construction work, is also finding itself in trouble with the sea defense authorities.
It has illegally cleared mangroves, trucked sand, placed containers and disturbed the beach area at Kitty without acquiring permission.

Reports also indicate that Celina’s Managing Director, Bernard Yhun, was written to about the unauthorized construction taking place on the Kitty foreshore.
Thus, he was advised that the construction was in breach of the lease issued by the Lands and Surveys Commission.

The Infrastructure Ministry is unhappy that Yhun had breached regulations when he stockpiled construction materials, operated heavy equipment across the seawall, excavated the foreshore area, cut mangroves, and did modifications to existing buildings.
Yhun was ordered to cease all work and remove the equipment and workers from the site, but he has not complied with the order. (Navendra Seoraj)