Irafsky District
Irafsky District

Welcome to the Irafsky District of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania. Located in the southwestern part of the republic, most of the district is mountainous. It borders Georgia, the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, and the Digorsky and Alagirsky districts. The administrative center is the village of Chikola. The population is over 15,000 people, mainly Ossetians and Russians. The Ossetians of the district speak the Digor dialect of the Ossetian language. The economy of the Irafsky District is based on agriculture—there are five collective farms and four state farms here. The district also has a consumer services complex, housing and utilities enterprises, and the Fasnalskaya Hydroelectric Power Plant. Tourism is well developed. The district is rich in historical, cultural, and natural monuments. The Alania National Park is located in the district, where there are many mountaineering, tourist, and ecological trails.

A joint commission from the Ministry of Construction of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Construction and Architecture of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania paid a working visit to the village of Aksarisar in the Irafsky District today.

The commission included Sergey Galyamin, head of the Department of the Ministry of Construction of Russia, Marat Betanov, Minister of Construction and Architecture of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, as well as heads of key relevant departments.

On behalf of the Irafsky municipal district administration, the commission was accompanied by First Deputy Head of the District Administration Soslan Makoev and Head of the Department of Architecture, Construction, and Transport of the District Administration Arsen Kozhiev.

The main focus of the visit was to inspect residential buildings located in the landslide zone on the banks of the Urukh River. Experts found that five residential buildings suffered the most damage as a result of soil displacement. Monitoring shows that subsoil deformations have been recorded here since 2017 and continue to progress.

To address this issue, the Irafsky District Administration, with the support of the Republican Ministry of Construction, has been working since 2019 to include these properties in federal programs aimed at resettling citizens from emergency housing.

Following the visit, the Russian Ministry of Construction made a key decision to develop a special mechanism to speed up the provision of assistance to residents and ensure their prompt resettlement from dangerous houses.

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