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Victims of flood in Azerbaijan can no longer wait for promised compensation
March 12, 2011 - 18:05 AMT 14:05 GMT
PanARMENIAN.Net -
On Saturday March 12, over two hundred residents of Saatli region
blocked a road in the central part of the region demanding to
compensate the damage caused to them during a flood in the spring of
2010. Residents of the villages of Dehler, Musalem, and Abasbeyli
participated in the rally. They have not received compensation even
nine months later.
According to the order N197 of the Azerbaijani Cabinet of Ministers,
the victims of the flood were to receive compensation for damaged
farms and one-time financial assistance.
Police forces quickly unblocked the road. The head of the regional
center of Saatli Siragaddin Jabbarov arrived to the pace and offered
to continue the meeting in the village of Abasbeyli. In an hour he
meeting of the head of the region and the protesters resumed. He
promised to start paying one-time compensation - 300 AZN per person
and 250 manat per one hectare of land for spring agricultural
activities. Soon the commission will arrive to the region to determine
the damage to the farms and infrastructure.
This is the second action of protest in the region over the past 15
days. Residents of several villages of Sabirabad region held a rally
on February 24, and only after the rally they authorities started
paying compensation, and began restoration of infrastructure.
As a result of floods last spring in the Kura plain more than 100
thousand hectares and 20 thousand homes were flooded. The government
has allocated 300 million manat to eliminate the consequences of
floods, but the works were fulfilled only partially. The fate of the
allocated funds remains unclear, contact.az reported.
From: A. Papazian
March 12, 2011 - 18:05 AMT 14:05 GMT
PanARMENIAN.Net -
On Saturday March 12, over two hundred residents of Saatli region
blocked a road in the central part of the region demanding to
compensate the damage caused to them during a flood in the spring of
2010. Residents of the villages of Dehler, Musalem, and Abasbeyli
participated in the rally. They have not received compensation even
nine months later.
According to the order N197 of the Azerbaijani Cabinet of Ministers,
the victims of the flood were to receive compensation for damaged
farms and one-time financial assistance.
Police forces quickly unblocked the road. The head of the regional
center of Saatli Siragaddin Jabbarov arrived to the pace and offered
to continue the meeting in the village of Abasbeyli. In an hour he
meeting of the head of the region and the protesters resumed. He
promised to start paying one-time compensation - 300 AZN per person
and 250 manat per one hectare of land for spring agricultural
activities. Soon the commission will arrive to the region to determine
the damage to the farms and infrastructure.
This is the second action of protest in the region over the past 15
days. Residents of several villages of Sabirabad region held a rally
on February 24, and only after the rally they authorities started
paying compensation, and began restoration of infrastructure.
As a result of floods last spring in the Kura plain more than 100
thousand hectares and 20 thousand homes were flooded. The government
has allocated 300 million manat to eliminate the consequences of
floods, but the works were fulfilled only partially. The fate of the
allocated funds remains unclear, contact.az reported.
From: A. Papazian