YEREVAN’S MAIN PLAN ENVISAGES TO RESTORE GREENERY
AZG Armenian Daily #051, 23/03/2005
Yerevan
Romik Kosemian, head of the Ecology Department at Yerevan Municipality,
represented the municipals ecology programs for 2005 at a regular
briefing.
The more Yerevanners and the ecology organizations blame the Yerevan
Municipality for annihilating green territories of the capital
during the recent decade, the more municipal officials try to prove
the contrary.
As 2005 is announced a year of tree planting for Yerevan, the mayor’s
office decided to renovate the water supply system to have good results
first of all. Thus, 640 million AMD are envisaged to be spend on
the tree-planting program in total. On June 1, the renovation works
of the water supply system will be completed (including 31 parks,
gardens and lawns).
The local administration bodies will allocate 326 million AMD. 90
million AMD will be allocated by a separate program for the renovation
of the water supply system of Tsitsernakaberd.
On April 16, within the framework of the annual municipal weekend
activities, 30 thousand trees and bushes will be planted. Nobody
knows whether the newly renovated water supply system will manage to
water the newly planted trees or the majority of them will get dried
up just like the ones planted during the past years did.
Generally, the Municipality will have planted 117 thousand trees
and 260 thousand bushes covering 360 hectares’ area by the end of
2007. 60-80 thousand trees will be planted in the woods, according
to the agreement signed with Hayantar.
The most unbelievable correction in the plans is that they decided to
increase the current indicator of 4sq.meters of greenery to 20-22 sq.
meters. It is envisaged in the main plan of Yerevan.
A special committee is numerating the kiosks set up on the formerly
green lawns. It is envisaged to step by step remove these unauthorized
buildings.
By Karine Danielian
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress