Georgian PM lays foundation for apartment blocks for IDPs
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Friday laid a capsule in the foundation of one of the 11 apartment blocks being built to house internally displaced families in Tbilisi. Photo: PM's press office
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Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Friday laid a capsule in the foundation of one of the 11 apartment blocks being built to house internally displaced families in Tbilisi.
The symbolic event marked the launch of the construction of the blocks with 2,400 flats, built on Tvaltchrelidze Street in the capital in a ₾245 million ($96.85mln) project set to complete by late 2025.
An artist impression. Photo: PM's press office
Garibashvili also announced other residential building projects would house 1,700 families in the western city of Zugdidi, 800 in the central-eastern Rustavi, 700 in the western hub city of Kutaisi and 150 in the central resort town of Borjomi.
In total, almost 7,000 families will receive fully renovated flats in these newly built buildings. This is a very important project, on which almost ₾700 million ($276.72mln) will be spent in these two to three years”, the PM said.
An artist impression. Photo: PM's press office
Garibashvili also said 30,000 IDP families had been provided accommodation under the Georgian Dream Government since 2012.
“This is about 100,000 people [...] It is our responsibility to take care of our displaced people as much as possible, to create decent conditions [...] But, of course, our main goal should be to return to [the occupied regions of] Abkhazia and Tskhinvali [the IDPs fled from]”, Garibashvili said.
The Georgian government on Monday announced the handover of state-owned real estate to 123 internally displaced families in Tbilisi and 18 other municipalities of the country, as well as the launch of a new, five-year, ₾225 million ($82 mln) water supply project in the central Khashuri municipality.
The Georgian Government has approved provision of new flats to internally displaced families in capital Tbilisi and western cities of Zugdidi and Kutaisi, the Government Administration said on Monday.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Monday said the Government would approve the draft decree transferring residential flats to ownership of 850 internally displaced families.
The Georgian Government will legalise housing, agricultural land and other plots to 500 internally displaced families in Tbilisi and other regions of the country in the coming months, the Government Administration said following the meeting of the Cabinet on Monday.
The Government of Georgia on Monday announced it would transfer 342 residential premises currently occupied by 337 internally displaced families across the country to their formal ownership.
Construction of three residential blocks designed to house 720 internally displaced families has kicked off in the western Georgian city of Kutaisi, with Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili placing a symbolic capsule in the foundation of the new ₾77 million ($29.51mln) construction on Tuesday.