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The problem of "squatters" hinder investment in Basra
18/08/2011 18:40
Basra, 17 August / August (Rn) - Officials and specialists Iraqi province of Basra, said the problem of squatters on the land allocated for investment peaked, while requiring the slide to find residential accommodation in return for leaving the territory of the state. and continues series of overtaking on the territory of the State and strikingly in the With high property prices on the one hand and the neglect of the government to resolve this crisis on the other. Statistics indicate there are more than 30 thousand horseshoe in the center of the city, which sees the investment barrier to the advancement of its investment. The head of the Basra Investment Commission Haider Ali Fadel told the Kurdish News (Rn) that "the problem of the abuse on land investment are among the most important problems facing the investment process in Basra." He added that "the province of Basra witnessed during the last period of threats and conflicts, clan by some citizens who threaten investors of death or clan-based conflict in the event start of the project, or bargaining to leave land for sums of money, which form a barrier a real investment in the province. " He explained that "most of the parcels of land investment in the center of the city of Basra is almost free of squatters, especially the local government did not put an end to this problem to this day , "noting that the authority raised during the previous period a lot of solutions that can be applied to overcome the crisis, but the government is preoccupied with its procedures and Tuaqatha Political away from the concerns of the citizen, especially Maitalq reduction of the unemployment problem through investment. He stressed that "this problem does not end only through two ways, first is to move the legal cases against abusers, especially commercial land by the concerned authorities in the province, most notably the Commission raising abuses and the Municipality of Basra. " He continued by saying "The other solution is to seek to create residential areas outside the city center, similar to the city of compassion in the province of Najaf, with the aspiration to build a modern city best to resolve the crisis as a whole. " The deputy governor of Basra and the chairman of the committee raising excesses given in favor of Hassan says (Rn) that his committee put this problem a priority, considering that investment comes on top of interest in the province and the federal government. "The instructions of the Secretariat The Council of Ministers in 19.02.2009 states not to allow leeway at all on all types of land, whether residential or commercial or other uses, and still immediately states the need for warning or prior notice. " "The Commission strives to work to these instructions and raising abuses constructed after this date, and inventory excess as is now, "adding that" the decision of the General Secretariat of the Prime Minister No. 440 provides for the compensation has exceeded an amount not less than one million but not exceeding five million dinars to any kind of excess, and then vacate the land. " "The decision did not address a party whose compensation exceeded, has been approached by the Secretariat a letter issued by the province of Basra to clarify the mechanism and the point of compensation, but we have not received any response yet." In turn, said deputy police chief of Basra province for cohorts Brigadier Abbas Abdul Wahid, as a statement (Rn) that "the phenomenon of squatters returned to Basra after the Charge of the Knights of security, but less than before." He added, "Basra police ready to resolve this crisis through legal means of a lawsuit or complain to the Commission raising abuses in the province of Basra, and then brought the book to the Directorate of Basra police, to obtain the approvals required for the purpose of directing security force will take the appropriate action and raise the overrun on the project. " revealed as a statement of the Basra police, "to raise a number of irregularities on land allocated for projects that built upon the role of housing, shops or identify the land by fencing for the purpose of blackmailing the investor and the Msawmth amounts of money. " and called on stakeholders and investors "not to remain silent about any situation a threat and reported as the state and security agencies and the judiciary is stronger at the moment of each threat." said one investor called Ahmed Wasfi (Director of the Company Karam Basra) (Rn), said his company got an investment license for the center project Basra shopping model near the Sports City and a capital of up to $ 9 million. " adding that "the delay directly in the project caused a number of squatters on the land granted us by the municipality after completion of project designs and the payment of the amount of money required. " He explained that "the problem of squatters may cause us to lose the confidence of the foreign company funded the project because of delays." For his part, said one of abusers and Khaled Tarek (Rn) that "all relevant land and investment is trying to benefit at the expense of the poor citizen. " "The Iraqi government is trying to give all his right, with the exception of the poor citizen, who did not place one day in its agenda." He explained that "most of the abusers are the layers of powder which caused them to housing houses of mud and tin, which is Mzaidtna by the government without cost on their own to find alternative solutions. " He said that "most of the abusers are in agreement not to leave this land, even if we were the worst kind of threat," adding, "but we leave it simply in the case of compensated or the provision of places alternative, especially because we do not demand our rights, however, the goodness of our country that have not seen anything from them. " from Baha al-Kazimi, the Open: Abdullah Sabri
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