Chairman of the Enmore/Hope Neighbourhood Democratic Council, (NDC) Jainath Bhikhari, has stoutly refuted claims made in yesterday’s issue of  Kaieteur News  that the Neighbourhood Democratic Council(NDC)  had sold the Logwood playground to a private contractor, who is now parking his heavy machinery on the ground. The article appearing on page 18 of the newspaper  claims that: “The Logwood Enmore playfield has been taken over  by heavy machinery owned by the  contractor, and a fence has been constructed to protect them.”  The article went on to say: “Kaieteur News understands that the contractor is claiming that he bought the land from the Enmore Neighbourhood Democratic Council.”
However, Chairman  Bhikhari is  adamant that such a claim is a ‘blatant lie’. “The playground has not been sold to anybody.  Rather, it has been taken up by squatters and a contractor,” he said.
Bhikhari said it has been observed that for the past two weeks or so, a contractor, Narendra Latchman,  has been squatting with his equipment on the playground.  However, this is being done without the permission of the NDC. He said the  council gave the contractor  notice to remove from the land, but he has  in violation of the order  continued to occupy the land.  He has also failed to respond to the council, either verbally or in any documented form.   
Another burning issue, the chairman noted, is the presence of about 10 families squatting on the same Logwood playground for about 10 years now.  He  said the council had given the squatters notice to remove, but they too  have failed to do so.
 The chairman noted that what is worrying  is that some of the squatters had bona fide lands which they have now sold, even as they continue to squat on the playground.
Noting that the Kaieteur News article constitutes a gross misrepresentation of the facts, the NDC chairman is calling on the newspaper to “ …get their act together and get the facts [their information] right.”