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Buildings in subsiding area in Baku to be removed

09 March 2012 12:29 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Kamala Guliyeva â€“ APA. Comprehensive Hydro-Geology and Engineer-Geology Expedition of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural resources has already submitted an inquiry about the subsiding process around the residential building in Surakhani district of Baku. â€œThere were two processes â€“ groundsâ€™ subsiding and subsoil erosion. The buildingâ€™s foundation contains sands and grounds which are percolated by ground waters causing unequal subsiding thereâ€, the expeditionâ€™s chief engineer Shaig Niftiyev told APA.

Niftiyev said the Cabinet of Ministers held an emergency meeting to discuss the situation around the subsiding building. Deputy Prime Minister Abid Sharifov presided over the meeting. â€œWater leakage in the communication lines in that area, as well as intensification of atmospheric condensations caused unequal subsiding and ground erosion which deformed the buildingâ€™s foundation. The geological processes are developing in the area and it became impossible to prevent it. Therefore the residents were evacuated. The building will be removed because it is impossible to repair itâ€, said Niftiyev.

The subsiding process in Surakhani district was observed on February 27. Ground erosion and subsiding caused splits and changed the buildingâ€™s construction.