The Transition to New Addressing System Created Problems
Transition to the new address system created a lot of problems for both the Society, as visitors to the city. People can not find their desired address, as at the entrances of buildings set new number plates, different from the old ones. Due to the existing situation the State Committee on Property issued a clarification.
The report by SCP noted that the transition to the new address system in the city of Baku, which covers more than 1.5 million streets and avenues, to be completed by the end of this year. By the time the public authorities, municipalities, the private sector and citizens can use the current addressing system, the document says.
The transition to a new addressing system consists of three stages. In the first stage, with the financial support of the Governments of Norway and the Republic of Korea Information System address register of Azerbaijan (ISAR). Contrary to the principles of openness of information and public registers, users do not have access to this system. Experts believe that in the period of parallel circulation operations and to implement targeted system openness ISAR is required.
The principle of the new addressing system, which is used in the CIS for the first time in Azerbaijan, is that the address is given not only a specific building or object, and each of its input. - 08B
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