He said that 18 multi-storey buildings are being constructed in the city, APA reports.

"The construction of new buildings will not be permitted if at least 60% of them finish. Businessmen purchase sites for building more apartments but then tempo of building decreases. Therefore we made a decision to prevent the problem," he said.

He said that a lot of people want to construct buildings.

"There are foreign citizens among them. But we prefer local businessmen while permitting them the construction of the building," he said.