Adjara region’s 2024 budget set to hit $259 mln - regional Gov’t head
Rijvadze also revealed a doubling in the state subsidy for non-standard citrus harvest, with ₾0,30 ($0,11) per kilogram to be offered to farmers. He also noted about 55,000 tons of harvest was expected this year, and added more than 20 processing enterprises would accept export tangerines from growers, while the citrus cannery in Kobuleti would accept an unlimited amount of non-standard tangerines from farmers. Photo: 1tv.ge
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The budget of western Georgia’s Black Sea region of Adjara is set to reach ₾700 million ($259 mln) next year, with the combined budget approaching the one billion mark for the first time, Tornike Rijvadze, the Chairman of the regional Adjara Government, revealed on Wednesday.
In his comments on next year’s budget, Rijvadze said the funding would look to ensure "even more care” for Adjara residents and implement targeted programmes important to the locals.
He said the budget of the Adjara Health Ministry would reach ₾51 million ($18 mln), which would contribute to increasing financing of heart surgeries and patients with malignant tumours, with the programme benefiting more than 6,000 beneficiaries.
He also announced more than 120 eco-migrant families would receive accommodation next year through the increased funding, and noted the first stage of construction of flats for the displaced families living in slum-like conditions in the “Dream Town” settlement in the regional capital of Batumi would be completed this year, benefiting 582 residents.
The official also said the regional government would provide ₾17 million ($6 mln) for the second phase of the construction works the following year.
Rijvadze also revealed a doubling in the state subsidy for non-standard citrus harvest, with ₾0,30 ($0,11) per kilogram to be offered to farmers. He also noted about 55,000 tons of harvest was expected this year, and added more than 20 processing enterprises would accept export tangerines from growers, while the citrus cannery in Kobuleti would accept an unlimited amount of non-standard tangerines from farmers.
Over 100 families affected by natural disasters in various parts of Georgia will receive accommodation and land across rural parts of the country, Georgia’s Ministry of Health said on Tuesday.
The budget of the Tourism Department of western Georgia’s Black Sea region of Adjara will hit ₾16 million ($5,98 mln) this year, with regional Government head Tornike Rizhvadze pledging to ensure 2023 is an “outstanding” year for the locality.
The budget of Georgia’s Black Sea region of Adjara has tripled over the past 10 years and crossed the ₾50 billion ($18.08bln) threshold, Tornike Rizhvadze, the head of the regional government, revealed on Tuesday.
The construction of flats for eco-migrant families living in slum-like conditions in Batumi’s so-called ‘Dream Town’ will start in February, said Head of the Adjara region government Tornike Rijvadze earlier today.
Domestic tourism promotional campaign - Follow Me in Adjara, implemented by the Adjara Tourism Department for the first time this year, reached over 100 million hits on social media platforms.
Otar Shamugia, the Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia, on Wednesday said the country had exported more than 26 tonnes of tangerines, calling the number a “significant increase” compared to figures from the previous year.
Tornike Rijvadze, the Chairman of the Government of the western Georgian region of Adjara, on Wednesday said the number of domestic and international visits to the region had last year exceeded 4.3 million for the first time.