The MDF has completed rehabilitation of the residential building for the IDP-s
Today, the Minister of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Accommodation and Refugees of Georgia, Mr. Davit Darakhvelidze, the Deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Regional Development of Georgia, Mr. Shota Murghulia, the Deputy Executive Director of the Municipal Development Fund of Georgia, Mr. Tornike Toradze and representatives of the local Municipality presented keys of apartments to 24 IDP families in Marneuli.
The Municipal Development Fund of Georgia has completed rehabilitation of another 24-apartment residential building for the IDP-s in Marneuli under the Municipal Infrastructure and IDP Housing Rehabilitation program.
The Municipal Development Fund of Georgia has implemented rehabilitation of the former kindergarten building in Marneuli, funded by the USAID. Total cost of works amounts to GEL 855821.76. Rehabilitation works for the present project were initiated in 2012 and completed this year. 24 apartments got rehabilitated under the present project. 17 of them are one-roomed, 7 – two-room flats, one of the apartments is fully adapted for disabled people.
During project implementation 30 persons were employed for construction works, 5 of them were IDP-s.
Each apartment has fully equipped individual bathroom and lavatory. The kitchens have water heating devices; there are KARMA type gas heaters installed in the apartments as well. There are playground, parking lot, outdoor lighting network and decorative luminaires arranged in the yard.
The Municipal Development Fund of Georgia is performing rehabilitation works for 10 apartment buildings in various municipalities countrywide, the project is targeted at IDP-s and is backed by the USAID.
Total amount allocated by the USAID for project implementation amounts to GEL 11,982,688.23. As a result of project, 10 apartment buildings and 335 flats will get improved for the IDP-s.
Under the Municipal Infrastructure and IDP Housing Rehabilitation program, rehabilitation of ten buildings is completed. The buildings rehabilitated under the above-mentioned program are already opened in Kutaisi, Tskaltubo and Vani. After the Marneuli project, the remaining buildings will be opened gradually, as well.
