Tskhinvali (ICRC), 19 December 2008 – Today, the ICRC handed over a garbage truck to the city administration of Tskhinvali within the framework of its Water and Habitat program. "The August hostilities had significantly decreased the capacities of city housing and communal services and their ability to maintain regular scavenging", noted Dmitri Djussoev, the Head of Tskhinvali Housing and Communal Service Department.
Earlier the ICRC has delivered 68 tons of cement to municipal authorities for rehabilitation of 20 private houses damaged during the August hostilities in the villages of Dmenisi, Khetagurovo and Satikari of Tskhinvali district and reconstruction sites in Tskhinval. "The ICRC does its best to respond to immediate needs and specific requests from municipalities to improve sanitation and housing and we expect their prompt distribution among the identified target group", noted Alexander Mailyan, the ICRC Water and Habitat engineer.
This assistance is a part of ICRC"s bigger program, which envisages a forthcoming delivery of 13,500 sq. m of window glass, 183 m³ of timber and 660 m² of roofing material to be distributed through local municipalities among beneficiaries whose houses were badly damaged during the hostilities.
