The Cultural Heritage Agency has appealed to the Prosecutor General's Office over the threat of demolition of house No. 7 on Babur Street
The Cultural Heritage Agency has appealed to the Prosecutor General's Office regarding the threat of demolition of house No. 7 on Babur Street
The Cultural Heritage Agency has sent an appeal to the Prosecutor General's Office regarding the preservation of a tangible cultural heritage site located at 7 Babur Street in the Yakkasaray district of Tashkent. The agency is requesting a legal assessment of the Tashkent khokim's decision dated October 30, 2018, to demolish the buildings at this address.
The building is under state protection. In 2020, the Scientific and Expert Council under the Agency approved its inclusion in the National List of Tangible Cultural Heritage Sites, and in 2021, a proposal to exclude the site from the list was rejected. At the same time, an investigation into the circumstances revealed that before the legal status of the building was determined, the Tashkent khokimiyat had allocated this land plot to the company "UNIVERSAL PACKING MASTERS" for the demolition of existing structures and the construction of a multi-story residential building.
Elmurod Najimov, First Deputy Director of the Cultural Heritage Agency, noted that the agency considers it of fundamental importance to provide an objective legal assessment of all circumstances and to prevent administrative decisions made in the past from becoming a ground for the loss of a cultural heritage site.
In the event that violations are established, the Agency requests that measures provided for by law be taken to cancel or review the khokim's decision, as well as to prevent the demolition, damage, or any other harm to the building. Until all legal issues are resolved, the site remains under state protection and constant monitoring.
In Tashkent, the fate of the historic house No. 7 on Babur Street in the Yakkasaray district is being discussed once again. The reason was a court hearing scheduled for September 4 on a lawsuit by the company Jemchug House for the forced eviction of one of the building's residents. Amid discussions on social media, the Cultural Heritage Agency of Uzbekistan stated that the house retains its status as a cultural heritage site and is under state protection.