More than 250 families in Melanie and surrounding communities are expected to secure formal titles to the land they currently occupy, as the government resumes its land regularisation exercise in the area.

Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Anil Nandlall, speaking during an engagement with residents at the Melanie Nursery School on Wednesday, said the process is being advanced with the support of the Ministry of Housing and will provide residents with formal legal ownership of their properties.

He stated that the exercise covers both occupied properties and vacant lots that were previously allocated to residents, with surveys already conducted to establish the occupants and allocations.