State offers assistance to locals living near breakaway regions

The livelihood of people living near the breakaway regions of Georgia is looking brighter after the Government approved a social-economic strategy to help affected people.

The announcement was released this evening by the Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure after a state commission meeting about the needs of people living along the administrative boundary lines of Georgia’s breakaway regions.

The commission will approve the action plan accordance to the approved strategy.

Meanwhile, commission members also discussed potential problems relating to supplying more than 40 villages located along the boundary lines with natural gas, the Ministry press service reported.

According to current plans, these villages are expected to be connected with a gas supply by the end of October 2014.

Moreover, the cost of additional study for 419 students from those villages would be covered by Government funds.

On April 17, Tbilisi will host the Donors Conference where the additional needs of conflict affected people will be discussed.