Residents of a dilapidated building in Rostov-on-Don called on authorities to speed up resettlement

The cracks in the building on Kazakhskaya Street, which was declared unsafe, have grown, but the authorities in Rostov-on-Don are in no hurry to resettle people and are not monitoring the condition of the building, residents said.

As "Kavkazsky Uzel" wrote, in August 2024, the Chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia Alexander Bastrykin demanded that a criminal case be opened after residents of a crumbling building on Kazakhskaya Street in Rostov-on-Don complained about the lack of response from the authorities to their requests. In May, the authorities in Rostov-on-Don, after numerous complaints from residents of a crumbling two-story building on Kazakhskaya Street, declared it unsafe.

Residents of the dilapidated building on Kazakhskaya Street appealed to the authorities, calling for the acceleration of the resettlement of residents. As can be seen from the video recorded in August, the ceilings of the second-floor apartments have cracked, deep cracks run through the building, in one of the apartments, the 8th and 3rd apartments, the load-bearing walls have cracked, and the apartments themselves can only be entered with a crowbar. The cracks are getting bigger, but according to the residents, no one is monitoring the installed beacons.

“Days go by, nothing changes, no one pays attention to us. This will be Narimanov number two. We decided to record a video message and clearly show what is happening to our building. Maybe someone does not believe it. This is all very scary and dangerous. What are they waiting for? That people will be left under the rubble? We are asking to buy out these 16 apartments so that people can move out and buy something safe,” the publication quoted one of the local residents as saying.

"Kavkazsky Uzel" wrote that in January 2024, the first entrance of a five-story building on Narimanov Street in Rostov-on-Don collapsed. The authorities promised to increase payments to residents for the loss of property from 30 thousand to 100 thousand rubles. In January, it became known that the results of the expert assessment of the cost of a square meter of living space did not satisfy the administration, they requested a new one.

As of July 20, about 70 families are challenging the decision of the Rostov-on-Don administration in court on the amount of payment for apartments in the partially collapsed building on Narimanov Street, some of them have already won the cases. The 1.3 million rubles that the administration agreed to pay are not enough to buy a home, they said.

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