Cabinet earmarks reserve fund money for owners of lands placed beyond highway in eastern Moldova

17:40 | 16.12.2015 Category: Official

Chisinau, 16 December /MOLDPRES/ - The acting government at a today's meeting approved a decision on providing direct payments to owners of farmlands placed beyond the Ribnita-Tiraspol highway, for 2015, the government's communication and media relations department has reported.

The money will be paid by the eastern Dubasari district council. The move will be made after considering demands by potential beneficiaries, in conditions of transparency and equity, and in coordination with the State Chancellery and Agriculture and Food Ministry. The landowners will receive 1,229.68 lei per one hectare. The government has earmarked 7.98 million lei from the reserve fund to this end.

Farmlands with an area of 6,494.80 ha, situated beyond the Ribnita-Tiraspol highway, are owned by 5,561 beneficiaries residing in the villages of Cocieri, Cosnita, Dorotcaia, Molovata Noua and Pirita, Dubasari district. The owners cannot till them, because of actions undertaken by Tiraspol power wielding forces, who denied them access to these lands.

(Editor A. Raileanu)

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