A service station on Ankara Street in Bishkek, employing more than 500 people, faces demolition

The staff of the service station located at 96 Ankara Street in Bishkek have announced a threat to demolish their facility. According to the employees, residential buildings are planned on the service station's territory, which covers an area of 15,000 square meters.

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1. Угроза сноса автосервиса в Бишкеке: что будет с 500 семьями?
2. A service station on Ankara Street in Bishkek faces demolition. Employees warn that residential buildings are planned for the site, threatening livelihoods for over 500 families. This is a complex issue involving property rights and economic stability.
3. The service station at 96 Ankara Street covers a large area of 15,000 square meters. The planned development is residential, raising concerns about the fate of the current workforce.
4. 15,000 square meters — Площадь территории автосервиса
5. Последствия возможного сноса:: Потеря средств к существованию для более 500 семей; Вредит людям с инвалидностью; Угрожает единственным кормильцам в семьях
6. «If an enterprise is not working and is idle, then return it to the state, but if an enterprise is operating, then don't touch it.» — Sadyr Japarov
7. Employees of the car service station on Ankara Street in Bishkek have reported a threat to demolish the entire facility. According to them, residential buildings are planned for the site of the service station, which could deprive more than five hundred Kyrgyz families of their livelihoods.

Consequences of a possible demolition for workers

The facility's workers stress that the demolition will mean the loss of livelihoods for more than five hundred families. Among the service station's employees are people with disabilities, as well as men who are the sole breadwinners for their families, and many of them have credit obligations.

Position of the country's leadership

Service station employees recalled President Sadyr Japarov's instruction under which the State Committee for National Security, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Prosecutor General's Office and the capital's mayor's office must refrain from interfering in the work of operating enterprises. The president said earlier: "If an enterprise is not working and is idle, then return it to the state, but if an enterprise is operating, then don't touch it."

Background

The facility in question is located on Ankara Street in Bishkek.