ArmInfo. To mitigate the effects of the severe flood, municipal, regional and republican commissions have implemented various measures, including conducting an inventory and assessment of the damage to individuals and legal entities.
This information was provided in the clarifications from the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure in response to an article published in the press today, which the department deemed as one-sided and misleading. It should be noted that today the newspaper "Zhogovorud" reported that the country's authorities have been assessing the damage from the disaster for three months, but there are still no results. The newspaper's editorial staff believes that the compensation received by individuals in the range of 40 to 60 thousand drams does not accurately reflect the true extent of the work carried out by the RA government,
Meanwhile, as emphasized by the RA Ministry of Territorial Administration, after conducting a comprehensive study and assessment of all cases and damage eligible for compensation, the government has determined the amount of compensation for repairing of an apartment in multi-unit building or an individual residential building. Payments will range from 40 to 60 thousand drams per square meter of the flooded area. For the damage to the main structure of the home, compensation will range from 800 thousand to 1.2 million drams.
In addition, in the event of a residential building being lost, individuals are provided compensation for the purchase of an apartment or residential building based on a housing purchase certificate. A total of 269 apartments that were damaged, flooded or collapsed in apartment buildings, individual residential buildings or cottages have been identified. The government has allocated 1 billion drams for compensation purpose. Local government offices have received 123 compensation applications, which have been processed. In addition to the compensation process, there are plans to provide one-time financial support to the families of the deceased (1 million drams) and family members affected by the natural disaster. The support will be calculated for each family member, ranging from 40 to 60 thousand drams. There are 250 families, who are potential beneficiaries, including 850 individuals and 4 families of victims.
The Unified Social Service has already approved 80% of applications and will continue to accept them until August 31. Compensation and support will be provided within the next week to those who have experienced damage related to the loss of livestock and damage to non-residential buildings. Legal entities affected by natural disaster, will also receive compensation.
The procedure for paying compensation will be approved in the near future. Currently, work is underway to restore bridges damaged by the flood, metal bridges will be installed in the Akhtala and Sanahin sections. Activities are also underway to restore the Khashtarak Bridge. At the same time, the issue of installing temporary modular transport and pedestrian bridges in Karkop, Ayrum and a number of other settlements is being discussed with various international partners. Relevant projects will be ordered for the construction of the main bridges. A group of UN experts is assessing the consequences and damage caused by the disaster as part of ongoing needs assessment.
