Sale of land plots in Zafarabad

Residents report that this spring Emomali Rahmon will visit the Zafarabad district to open a roadside public toilet.

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According to the president’s press service, on February 28, a government meeting of the Republic of Tajikistan was held under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister Emomali Rahmon.

During the meeting, issues were discussed regarding the presentation by the Majlisi of People’s Deputies of the Zafarabad district on the classification of the settlement of Jomi as a village and its designation as the Jamoat of the Zafarabad district.

According to Numon Usmonov, the head of the rural Jamoat of Abdurakhmon Jomi in the Zafarabad district, this spring President Emomali Rahmon will visit this district, and his visit to this Jamoat, which has now been renamed to the rural Jamoat of Somoniyon by a government decision, is planned.

It is reported that about 415 hectares of land have been allocated for those in need in the Zafarabad district. After the upcoming visit of the President of Tajikistan to this district, authorities will begin to allocate household plots to families living together in one house.

Some residents of the Zafarabad district complained to Azda TV that in the rural Jamoat of Abdurakhmon Jomi, the sale of household plots began even before the future village location and the distribution of household plots were announced.

According to them, intermediaries are asking for between 15,000 to 35,000 somoni (from 1,500 to 3,500 dollars) for 4-6 hundred square meters of land. A roadside public toilet has also been built in the Jamoat. Officials say that the toilet is closed to residents until the end of Emomali Rahmon’s visit.

However, despite the facts and evidence, the chairman of the Jamoat denies the sale of land plots in this village. He claims that the administration of the Abdurakhmon Jomi Jamoat has only compiled a list of needy families, but the verification of data, determination of territory and location, as well as the distribution of household plots is handled by the district commission, not the Jamoat administration.

The Zafarabad district is located in northern Tajikistan, in the Sughd region. The administrative center of the district is the urban-type settlement of Zafarabad.