SYRIA ALLOCATES SYP 1 BILLION AS COMPENSATION FOR DAMAGE TO PRIVATE PROPERTIES
Deputy Prime Minister for Services Affairs Omar Ghalawanji who is also Minister of Local Administration has said that SYP 1 billion has been allocated to the building committee established last month to compensate for the damage caused to uninsured private properties affected by terrorism this year.
During the first meeting of the committee on Sunday, Ghalawanji, who chaired the committee, said that half of the money will come from the budget of the Local Administration Ministry and the other half from the state general budget, adding that SYP 30 billion has been allocated to the committee and will become available to it by the start of next year.Ghalawanji reviewed the committee's tasks which include setting the basis and criteria for compensating damage, taking necessary steps for rehabilitating damaged infrastructure and utilities, and providing humanitarian relief to affected citizens.He pointed out that his ministry has requested sub-committees in the provinces to finish documenting actual damage to private properties and put the data in charts within a week, adding that the issues of raising the values and the cap of compensations and finding the mechanisms for compensating owners of vehicles damaged by terrorism are being discussed