Apartment Buildings to Be Built for Disabled in Turkmenistan
In order to further improve the social conditions of Turkmenistan's population, the government is to provide housing for disabled people and other persons in need of social protection. President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov signed a resolution, according to which the administrations of regions and the capital will conclude contracts with local construction enterprises to design and improve the adjoining territory for one four-storey multi-apartment residential building for the disabled and persons in need of social protection. Apartments for these categories of the population will be free of charge and will be commissioned in December 2017.
In Balkanabat, the implementation of the social project for the construction of free housing for the disabled has already begun with the construction of a house designed for 48 one- and two-room apartments specially adapted for people with disabilities. The project provides ramps, handrails, large-size doorways, etc. Along with this, the apartments are expected to fully meet the high standards set today for modern housing and to offer a comfortable layout, bright rooms with high ceilings, and spacious kitchens.
The new residential building in Balkanabat is located in one of the largest residential areas of the administrative center of the Velayat, the 13th microdistrict, surrounded by the necessary social infrastructure - a shopping center, kindergartens, and a school.
“Four-storey apartment buildings equipped with everything necessary for people with disabilities will be built in Ashgabat and in all regions of the country by local construction companies,” said President Berdymukhamedov. “Apartments in these houses will be provided free of charge to the disabled and other categories of the population in need of social support. We will continue this work in the future”.
Turkmenistan has seen a housing construction boom in recent years- in both cities and rural areas, with thousands of families becoming flat-owners.
Dimitri Dolaberidze