Residents of ruined houses in Kvaisa, South Ossetia, have to live in tents

After the earthquake at night on September 8, six 5-storied apartment blocks in the city of Kvaisa, Dzhava District of South Ossetia, are in unsafe condition. Ten private cottages are also unfit for residence. People have to live in tents.

A resident of Kvaisa, who preferred to remain anonymous, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that in the adjacent Zaseev village three houses were destroyed. Other neighbouring villages also have many houses destroyed; people are homeless.

"People came from Tskhinvali, from some unknown entity. They brought humanitarian aid - foodstuffs. All of them - with expired shelf life; probably, from the last year's humanitarian aid. People are told nothing - will they build houses for them or not. It's not clear, where they'll spend winter. There is one new hotel, not yet commissioned. People from ruined houses moved in there; however, OMON fighters arrived from Tskhinvali drove the people out and sealed up the building," the source said.

On the eve of that day Mayor of the city Inal Ustaev was beaten by residents of ruined houses, the source has added. The attackers explained their actions by dissatisfaction with the Mayor: after election, he failed to help people and fulfil his duties. According to the source, now the Mayor is at home, not in hospital as state-owned media write.

"The situation in the city is very tense. Those who had beaten the Mayor hide in the forest, afraid of arrest. OMON agents are looking for them and screen houses," said the man.

Besides, as the Kvaisa resident has added, after the earthquake, they switch off electricity in the city from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., and nobody would explain the reason to citizens.

Meanwhile, according to Inal Ustaev, head of the city administration, the ruined houses in Kvaisa will be restored by the end of this year.

He has also noted that now the homeless residents live in tents; and their requests for accommodation are satisfied step by step. The tent camp has a field kitchen; and wooden roofing is now built over the tents to protect them from rain, as the ITAR-TASS reports.