The Municipal Development Fund of Georgia has Completed Rehabilitation of 4 Apartment Buildings for the IDP-s in Zestaponi
Today, the Minister of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Accommodation and Refugees of Georgia, Mr. Davit Darakhvelidze and his Deputy, Mr. Mamuka Tsotniashvili, the First Deputy Executive Director of the Municipal Development Fund of Georgia, Mr. Teimuraz Murgulia, and the Director of the USAID Mr. Steven Heiken presented keys of apartments to 134 IDP families in Zestaponi.
The event was also attended by Mr. Avtandil Sudadze – Head of Infrastructure Development Department of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Regional Development of Georgia and representatives of the local government.
The Municipal Development Fund of Georgia has completed rehabilitation of another 4 building for the IDP-s in Zestaponi under the Municipal Infrastructure and IDP Housing Rehabilitation Program.
The Municipal Development Fund of Georgia has implemented the above-mentioned project funded by the USAID. Total cost of works amounts to GEL 4 670, 697.57. Rehabilitation works for the present project were initiated in 2012 and completed this year. 134 apartments got rehabilitated under the present project. 41 of them are one-roomed, 67 – two-room and 26 – three-room flats; 6 apartments are fully adapted for disabled people.
During project implementation 250 persons were employed for construction works, some of them were IDP-s.
The Municipal Development Fund of Georgia has performed rehabilitation works for 10 apartment buildings in various municipalities countrywide, the project was targeted at IDP-s and was backed by the USAID.
Total amount allocated by the USAID for project implementation amounted to GEL 11,982,688.23. As a result of project, 10 apartment buildings and 335 flats got 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, Marneuli, Kareli, Vani, Terjola, and Zestaponi.
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.
