Waterlogged documents to be put in deep freeze

By Evie Andreou

To prevent the ink from running, all documents of the Larnaca land registry that were found under water during the catastrophic rainfall at the weekend will be put in the deep freeze.

Interior minister Socratis Hasikos said the documents are to be frozen, after advice from experts.
“It is a way to protect documents, we were told,” Hasikos said.

Reportedly, after a few days, the temperature will be gradually increased until it reaches environment temperatures.

Larnaca Deputy District officer Odysseas Hadjistephanou said that starting on Monday and continuing throughout Tuesday the documents were transferred by truck to Limassol where they will be stored in freezers, according to reports, an ice production company.

The documents, that were stored in the basement’s archives, were retrieved by employees of the land registry who rushed to the building during the storm when the alarm went off, due to the influx of water.

Hasikos had said on Monday that until damage is restored, the public will be served through the Famagusta land registry offices that are right next door.

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