Ministry for Emergency Situations (MES) asks to confirm or deny their own information

Headquarters Kura Civil Society  sent aletter to the Minister for Emergency Situations,  Kamaladdin Heydarov, requesting clarification of conflicting statements of MES to  address the effects of the earthquake in the north-western regions of Azerbaijan.

Coordinator of Staff Kura, Oktay  Gulalyev, said Turan,  that after the publication  on November 23 a report on the state of affairs in the quake zone, there appeared some information in media  referring to the MES,  not meeting the results of the staff.  The “Kura” headquarters stated   about the construction of several houses and schools in the earthquake zone by November this year; but sources close to the MES, noted 682 houses. The “Kura” headquarters asked to note all the names of the owners of those  houses, and the addresses of houses, According to information from Gakh, Sheki and Belokany regions, only a few houses were built out of a planned 3,500 homes. 

Headquarters also requested information  from the MES on the  234.6 million manat  from 300 million manta allocated by the government for relief works. Earlier the MES stated that 72% of the funds  have been disbursed, and the work carried have been fulfilled by 22%.

We are interested in such issues,  where homeless people will spend winter, whether they are paid money to pay rent or any compensation, where kindergarten have  been relocated, and whether they pay their rent in occupied homes, said Gyulalyev.—0—