but it is not often We hear of someone being housenapped!
but that is what happen to a family of migrant workers from Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod
region, they recently returned to their native village of Zavod after a month of
work to find their house partially demolished and an asphalt road passing
through their property, the Udalov family spend most of their time away from
home, unfortunately, they no longer have a house to come back to, after
authorities took the liberty to tear down part of it in order to make room for
an asphalt road, no one contacted them about the project, so they just came
back after a month to a partially demolished house and their belongings spread
on the side of the new road traversing their yard,
the family has already contacted regional authorities about
their problem, supplying their ownership papers as proof, but they have yet to
receive a proper explanation, officials initially claimed that the Udalovs
carried most of the blame for being away for so long, which made contacting
them about the demolition of their home impossible, they soon realised the
stupidity of their statement, and came up with a more sensible explanation, (sounds like a UK council), whoever drafted the plans for the new road failed to mention that the owners of
the house had not been expropriated, so it was considered state property and
the workers just ploughed right through it,
in desperation the family placed wooden barriers on the new
road and blocking traffic, as the section in front of their home is
technically private property, they even camped out in a tent on the road, since
their old house looks ready to collapse at any moment, they vowed to keep
blocking the road until authorities take responsibility and offer them
compensation for damages caused, so cars currently have to take a
detour through the nearby field in order to get passed the roadblock, the
family is demanding 3.6 million roubles ($62,000) from the local government, so
they can build a new house, Nizhny Novgorod authorities told Russian media that
they are currently investigating the case and will make a decision within a
week, housenapping, who would have thought it!
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