The shops at Dushanbe’s Sultoni Kabir market that were damaged last month by a fire have been completely refurbished and final repair works are nearing completion.
“The final repair works are nearing completion and vendors will be able to return to their working places very soon,” builders carrying out repair works at the Sulton Kabir market told Asia-Plus in an interview.
“All floors, walls and ceilings that were damaged by the fire have been renovated and I think vendor could return to their working places in a week,” one of builders said.
Recall, the fire broke out on the first floor of the six-story market at 8:30 pm of June 2 and an area of 1,230 square meters that housed more than 20 shops of household appliances was enveloped in flames. Fortunately, no human casualties were reported.
The fire was extinguished at 00:15 am of June 3. The Interior Ministry has attributed the Sultoni Kabir fire to an electrical malfunction.
According to the Interior Ministry, the damage caused to the market by the fire has been estimated at 3.5 million somoni.
Dushanbe Mayor Rustam Emomali on June 3 met with top managers of the Sultoni Kabir market and entrepreneurs who were running shops at that market.
Dushanbe mayor reportedly ordered the market owner Sulton Kabirov to repay losses incurred by vendors at the expense of the market incomes.
