DUSHANBE, April 30, 2009, Asia-Plus — President Emomali Rahmon today held a meeting to discuss issues related to the present situation in two mudslide-affected villages in Khatlon’s Khuroson district and providing assistance to its residents, presidential press service reported.
The meeting participants included senior representatives from the government, president’s office, relevant ministries and organizations as well as regional administrators from Khatlon.
Prime Minister Oqil Oqilov and Khatlon governor Ghaybullo Avzal reported on the work done to provide assistance to the disaster-hit population.
During the meeting, it was noted that torrential rain on April 21 caused mudslides that damaged two villages in the Ayni jamoat of the Khuroson district. The mudslides damaged totaling 85 residential buildings in both villages; 22 houses were destroyed completely. 114 families (595 people) live in these villages. No casualties were reported.
The mudslide-hit people were provided with 117 tents and first aid stations were organized. Work on providing them with electrical power, building materials drinking water, foods and other relief supplies is continuing.
The state insurance company, Tojiksughurta, has provided 22,380 somoni for removing effects of the mudslide in Khuroson.
Local non-governmental and international organizations active in the country have also provided assistance to the mudslide-affected people in Khuroson.
More than 530,000 somoni have been remitted to the account opened at the branch of Amonatbonk (Tajikistan’s savings bank) in the Khuroson district so far, the press services said. Specialists are currently working on selecting new places for construction of new residential buildings for the disaster-hit people.
The president charged relevant bodies to allot lands for construction of houses for people left homeless and allocate funds from the national budget to provide extraordinary grants to the mudslide-affected families. He also ordered to find additional ways to provide assistance to residents of the mudslide-hit villages and provide them with building materials.
