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    Toilets in dormitory are shining with cleanness

    Naira Hayrumyan
    29-04-2007 12:17:52 - KarabakhOpen

    The reporter of the KarabakhOpen visited today together with the
    representatives of the City Hall of Stepanakert and Water and Sewage
    the dormitory at 120 Alex Manoogian Street. Our readers perhaps
    remember reports in the media a few months ago on the epidemic of
    yellow fever at the dormitory.

    The reporters who had visited the five-storey building during the
    epidemic were amazed by the awful state of sanitation at the dormitory
    which has over 300 residents, half of them children. There are two
    lavatories on each floor.

    The building smells humidity from the worn pierced pipes and the
    leaking roof. Children in every family have serious problems with
    lungs. The basement is flooded withwater, the walls are covered with
    mould, and people are mad of living in such conditions.

    The residents of the dormitory, which was built in the 1960s for
    the workers of the silk factory, demanded that the government solve
    their problem of housing. "We deserve a better home," says Mania,
    who has lived at the dormitory for 46 years, all her life.

    The state and non-governmental media unanimously demanded solving
    the problem of the dormitory. After these reports the government
    set up a commission which decided after a study to allocate funds
    for the repair of the roof and the lavatories of the dormitories
    at 120 and 121 Alex Manoogian. Now the repair of the roof is over,
    part of the lavatories of the dormitory were also repaired. Today the
    opening of five lavatories took place. The residents are satisfied,
    but Arev Mikaelyan, a resident, said this is not a solution of the
    problem. "How long are we going to live in such conditions? Yes,
    after the repair it will be more clean and comfortable. But we wait
    until we get apartments.

    They promised to provide the new building near the incubator but they
    say the apartments are for sale," said Arev Mikaelyan.

    "On these days the repair of the other five lavatories will start. The
    problem will be solved gradually. If the building is not humid,
    the health of the residents will improve," said Irina Khurshudyan,
    a senior official of the City Hall.

    "The state of the building was awful. Everything shines now. Now it
    is up to the residents to keep it clean. We also provided mirrors
    and hangers," said Vania Gasparyan, the president of the contractor.

    We are happy that after our signal of alarm the government took steps
    to relieve the problems of the residents.
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