WATER RESERVOIRS SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM ROOFS OF APARTMENT BUILDINGS
KarabakhOpen
16-05-2008 11:38:44
The attics and basements of apartment buildings are modified so that
the apartment building stops complying with seismic regulations,
said the deputy director of the Eastern Service of Seismic Protection
Arkady Grigoryan in the meeting of parliament. The official reported on
the performance of the government program of reduction of seismic risk.
The representative of the seismic protection service also said that
the water reservoirs which are spotted on the roofs of apartment
buildings are seismic danger. He singled out an apartment building
on Hekimyan Street on the roof of which there are 18 reservoirs with
a volume of 1 to 3 tons each.
It is not the only apartment building in Stepanakert. People continue
to spot new reservoirs on roofs, "privatizing" area that does not
belong to them. It is a breach of seismic regulations, besides the
inhabitants of top floors complain.
The board of public utilities says there is a decision on removing
the reservoirs from the roofs but the residents do not obey because
they get water once in two days.