The municipality will perform works to reduce soil erosion in the suburban town of Tohatin. The Chisinau City Council has allocated 480,000 lei for projecting. The costs of the project will amount to an estimate of 7 million lei. The works will be carried out during one year, starting the first decade of the next year. The Council considered that this measure is more cost-saving than providing 24 families living in the region with new homes. Based on City Hall information, 4 houses were completely damaged while another 8 are now in a critical condition because of landslides. According to the acting head of the City Construction Department, Ion Dermengi, land in that region began sliding in 1991 and the situation got worse in 1996. At present, soil is undergoing erosion on an area of 20 ha in Tohatin.