11 April 2019
The State Representative in Shida Kartli summed up the activities in 2018 and talked about the projects which are planned in 2019 in the region. Levan Davitashvili,-the Minister of the Environment Protection and Agriculture, Ketevan Tsikhelashvili,- State Minister of Reconciliation and Civic Equality of Georgia, Sozar Subari,-Prime Minister’s Advisor in Regional Issues, MPs, ecclesiastics, the representatives of the ministries, agencies, diplomatic corps, the local government and the Media, presented the State Representative’s mid report and presentation of the planned projects in current year.
According to Giorgi Khojevanishvili, comparing with last year, more than 38 000 000 GEL will be spent on the planned projects in Shida Kartli in 2019. Particularly, more than 72 000 000 will be distributed on 617 projects including as infrastructural as the directions of improving IDPS’ living conditions, promoting the villages at the occupation line, arranging of educational, medical, sports and tourism infrastructure in the region. Also the projects implementation is provided to support of agriculture and develop the local production. Important attention will be paid to the environment protection activities.
A large scale project will be implemented for building of multifunctional shelter for inter municipal animals which will be equipped by a veterinary clinic, a lab and open-air cages.
The techno-park which is being built in Kaspi, will be inter municipal as well. Constructing of a two-story building is included within the project where working, teaching rooms, so called a pub-lab, a conference hall, additional storerooms and a working space will be located. Arranging of a terrace for different activities, amenity of the territory, separating of parking place and planting of greenery are being planned as well.
Access road construction to 11 villages at the occupation line and organizing of water supply system in 21 villages have been planned in current year. Schools, kindergartens and sports stadiums will be built and rehabilitated. Internal roads will be arranged in IDP compact settlements.
Irrigation water problem will be solved additionally in 22 villages in 2019. Particularly, a weir will be built at the river Tedzami and a tourist-recreational zone will be arranged its nearby. Hundreds of families will benefit from the reservoir of the irrigation water at the weir.
The process of rehabilitation-conservation works of the cultural heritage artifacts are actively going on in the region. The works are already being done in 6 museums this time. Rehabilitation of Gori Castle is intensively in progress too, conducting of archeological excavations and its future restoration at Surami Castle are planned simultaneously.
A Multifunctional Sports Palace will be opened this year, a basketball pitch named after Zaza Pachulia in Gori and a football stadium with modern international standards in Khashuri will be constructed this year.
„Each project which will be implemented in current year, is planned with the direct communication with the population, maximum consideration of their requirements and demands. I visited most of the villages of the region personally, met with their populations and reflected their orders in the process of planning the budget. Now the most important thing is to spend each Tetri on purpose for developing of the region. Our goal is that the works will be fulfilled in quality and to impact the results of these implemented projects on each inhabitant’s every day life’’,-said Giorgi Khojevanishvili,-the State Representative in Shida Kartli.