In the Dagestan village of Mokok, 700 people remain homeless six months after the fire

More than 700 residents of the high mountain village of Mokok in Dagestan remain without new housing after a fire that occurred on August 21, 2016. This was reported by the Open Russia project after a meeting with members of the initiative group of fire victims.

According to Open Russia, after the fire, 173 families were left homeless: the entire historical part of the village burned down. A few days after the fire, the victims met with the head of Dagestan, Ramazan Abdulatipov, who assured them that documents for compensation would be processed as quickly as possible and construction of new housing would begin. He said that houses need to be built in two and a half months.

Members of the initiative group of fire victims told Open Russia that representatives of the regional Ministry of Construction, Architecture and Housing and Communal Services came to the village: at first they wanted to build Finnish two-story wooden houses in the village, but then they decided that it was impossible to place the required number of houses in such an area. Local residents agreed to the construction of two high-rise buildings so that arable land would remain. At the end of November it was reported that a construction site was being cleared in the village, but in fact no work was carried out.

In addition, 293 people were excluded from the lists compiled by the Dagestan Federal Migration Service: documents for 173 households were first sent to the government of Dagestan, but the district leadership twice recalled these lists. As a result, 114 farms were included in the lists. The initiative group did not answer the question about the origin of the new figures. According to Mokoka residents, officials were counting on bribes for inclusion on the list.

According to Open Russia, the victims received payments from the state in the amount of five thousand rubles, with each family receiving no more than 25 thousand rubles. According to the victims, they should have been provided with temporary housing in a sanatorium, provided with food or paid for rented apartments - none of this was done.

“But the main problem for us now remains that 293 people were left off the list of victims and may not receive anything at all. We went to the Federal Migration Service, the Ministry of Emergency Situations and other authorities. They tried to explain, show the original documents with registration. But they say: only by court decision. Now people are going to court en masse,” said the initiative group.

Open Russia clarified to Mediazona that there are currently about 100 cases pending in court.