PM Garibashvili: construction regulations to be tightened even further, permitting procedures must be strictly controlled
"Construction permit issuance procedures should be strictly controlled and such a mistake should not be allowed a second time", said Garibashvili. Photo: PM's press office.
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Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has announced today that the government plans to tighten construction regulations even further.
Construction permit issuance procedures should be strictly controlled and such a mistake should not be allowed a second time", said Garibashvili, referring to a residential building which collapsed in the Black Sea coastal city of Batumi last week killing nine.
In addition, amendments to the Tax Code looking to resolve the issue of numerous incomplete construction sites have already been prepared and are planned to be submitted at the next sitting of the parliamentary bureau.
The proposed amendments offer incentives to companies who will dismantle unfinished buildings across the country and build new ones on the same site.
Garibashvili once again sent his condolences to the families of those who died in Batumi and said that the government will do its best to help the residents of the collapsed building.
The Government of Adjara has done everything and we, the central government, will stand by them that as soon as possible everyone is given residential apartments. In addition, they will receive monetary compensation in order to arrange appropriate conditions in their homes", Garibashvili said.
Today is a day of mourning in Georgia for the victims of the tragedy.
Proposed amendments to the tax code are looking to resolve the issue of numerous incomplete construction sites by offering incentives to companies who will dismantle unfinished buildings across the country and build new ones on the same site.
A suspended ceiling has collapsed in a ward of the Iashvili Batumi Maternal and Child Central Hospital in the Black Sea coastal city of Batumi. Four children were in the ward at night when the incident happened but nobody was injured. The hospital management said that the cause of the accident would be identified after the investigation.
After about seven hours of rescue operation the first individual has been found in the rubble of a 7-storey residential building collapsed this afternoon in Batumi. As reported about 300 rescuers are searching for 10-15 people after a large section of a seven-storey residential building collapsed in Batumi this afternoon. The acting mayor of Batumi Lela Surmanidze told local media outlet Batumelebi that among the missing people there is one bedridden patient woman, 'who might have been at home'.
A total of 51 construction companies including some of the major players on the Georgian market such as Axis, Domusi and Balavari are not following safety rules during construction, announces the Georgian Ministry of Health.
A seven-storey apartment building, which partly collapsed on October 8 and claimed the lives of nine people — including three minors — will be completely dismantled, Batumi City Hall reports. The city hall also states that negotiations will be held with citizens on the issue of the transfer of apartments.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and local company Optima have signed a $10 million loan to develop affordable and sustainable residential housing developments in the Georgian capital city of Tbilisi, announces the ADB. The loan will finance two residential complexes, providing over 3,700 affordable and energy-efficient apartments for people on low-to middle-incomes.
The facade of a five-storey residential building partially collapsed yesterday on Rurua Street in the Georgian coastal city of Batumi after which 72 families have been evacuated from the building.
A suspended ceiling has collapsed in the classroom of a newly-constructed public school in Georgia’s western village of Didi Chkoni in Martvili municipality.
The Georgian government will offer developer companies on the Georgian market guaranteed construction orders to ensure 1-2 percent additional economic growth through attraction of new finances from banks for the developers.
A state programme will replace damaged buildings with modern residential complexes in Georgia’s Black Sea coast city of Batumi, Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili announced on Monday.