Ashrafiyeh MPs Set up Hotline to Serve Residents

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Ashrafiyeh MPs put a telephone hotline in the service of the Beirut neighborhood’s citizens on Thursday, a few days after a building collapsed in the area killing 27 people and injuring 12 others.

“We put the 03000019 hotline for Ashrafiyeh residents to help them resolve their problems through Beirut Municipality,” said MP Michel Pharaon during a press conference of the Free Decision Bloc.

Sunday’s incident “changed our priorities and put public safety at the forefront,” he said.

Pharaon stressed that Beirut lawmakers have been mobilized to prevent the recurrence of such a disaster.

MP Nadim Gemayel also said during the conference that Ashrafiyeh’s deputies will renovate the apartment block next to the collapsed building in the Fassouh area so it becomes habitable and doesn’t pose any threat to the lives of residents.

The building was evacuated on Sunday upon the orders of the security forces.

He said a team of experts had inspected the building and drafted a report. But Gemayel refused to unveil its details.

“We promise the tenants that they would return to their homes within a month after the end of renovation works,” the MP said.

The collapse has stirred fears of similar incidents across the country particularly that many buildings were built illegally during the 1975-1990 civil war.

Some owners have also added new floors to existing apartment blocks with no permits.

Comments 3
Default-user-icon Skyfall (Guest) 19 January 2012, 16:55

For once, bravo Nadim and ashrafieh MPS, i guess my call in my earlier post on building collapse has been heard, too bad you could have done it earlier but well, better late than never. Now you are working for your people, without keeping on blaming the governement or i dont know who

Default-user-icon Wadih (Guest) 19 January 2012, 17:33

Sahh el nom! Better later than never.

Too bad that it ALWAYS takes dead people or bad disasters for some people to wake up and rise above silly political and tribal considerations in Lebanon.

Default-user-icon Aschrafieh (Guest) 20 January 2012, 00:54

Good job bash