In order to strengthen seismic safety, it is necessary to start a seismic audit of city buildings from October this year. Yerbolat Dosayev, mayor of Almaty, said this at a briefing held at the Central Communications Service.
"According to the initiative of the administration, amendments will be made to the legislation providing for the competence of the Maslikhat of Almaty city to approve the rules for the construction of the territory of Almaty city, as well as the feasibility of involving a scientific research institute for technical support and acceptance of complex objects of the city. In addition, it is planned to give the function of controlling the city construction from the point of view of the seismic stability of the objects to the JAO," said the city akim.
Installation of 28 earthquake early warning seismometers has been completed. 545 reception points for the affected population were established during the disaster.
The construction of the fire station in Bostanky district has been completed. Work is underway on the purchase of 2 fire levers for 75 meters and 1 hoist for 90 meters
