Prosecutor General's Office challenges decision on redevelopment of Babur Street building No. 7 site in court

Earlier in early September, the agency turned to the supervisory body for a legal evaluation of the decision made by the former city mayor Jakhongir Artikhodjaev on October 30, 2018, under number 1550. By this act, the plot under the building, constructed in 1936, was transferred to the company Universal packing masters for demolition and the construction of a multi-storey residential complex.

The Prosecutor General's Office agreed with the agency's arguments regarding the need to protect the monument and moved the proceedings to the court. The Cultural Heritage Agency specified that until all legal disputes are resolved, the site continues to remain under state protection and continuous surveillance.

The structure is included in the National List of Tangible Cultural Heritage. In August 2007, former capital khokim Abdukakhar Tukhtaev excluded it from the list of protected sites; however, in early 2021, the Tashkent Interdistrict Administrative Court overturned this resolution, after which the Cabinet of Ministers restored the building's protected status.