Ashgabat officials and executives of house administrations get annoyed when residents unite to resolve housing problems, correspondents of “Chronicles of Turkmenistan” report.
The inhabitants of the houses built in 1983-1985 which are located between Tekin and Russian bazaars have been writing collective letters to the house administration №15 of Bagtyyarlyk etrap of Ashgabat, to the etrap and city khyakinlik’s offices with a request to install doors in the entrance hall.
However, this initiative has not brought about any results.Moreover, after each letter employees of the khyakimlik’s office accompanied by a police officer check whether the inhabitants without residence registration reside there, whether there are illegal tenants and whether the residents pay utility bills on time.
Together with the neighbours we have repeatedly submitted letters to various agencies.There have been no doors in the entrance halls for about 5 years.At night passers-by and homeless drop by using the entrance hallways as toilets.
The apartment blocks are also frequented by prostitutes and their customers.We are no longer complaining about pipe breaks of the water supply, heating and sewer systems, one of the inhabitants said.
Failing to get the response from the house administrations, the inhabitants closed the space under the staircase with gates. The reaction followed immediately. The team made up of the employees of the house administration removed the gate and warned the inhabitants that next time they will be punished for unsanctioned action.
The residents have recently put together another letter with a request to issue them a permit to install the doors with the installation fees being paid at the expense of residents themselves.
Following this, the head of the house administration escorted by two employees and the district police officer went door to door and demanded that those who signed the document stop undertaking joint actions.
There are agencies who are much better informed than you what the staff of house administration and city and etrap khyakimlik’s office should be doing. Mind your own business or you will regret it, the head of the house administration said swearing.