IT IS ENVISAGED TO RAISE SQUARE OF GREEN ZONES PER CAPITA TO 7.5 SQ.M. THIS YEAR IN YEREVAN
Noyan Tapan
Jan 29, 2008
YEREVAN, JANUARY 29, NOYAN TAPAN. The 2008 program of widening green
zones has been already worked out within the framework of the Chief
Plan of Yerevan. As Noyan Tapan correspondent was informed by Avet
Martirosian, the Head of the Environmental Protection Department
of Yerevan Mayor’s Office, it is envisaged to increase the green
zones in Yerevan by nearly 100 hectares this year, 60 hectares out
of which in territories envisaged by the Plan, in particular, in the
Shengavit community.
In A. Martirosian’s opinion, in total, 110 thousand trees will be
planted this year, and the square of green zones per capita will be
raised from the current 6.2 sq.m. to 7.5 sq.m. It was also mentioned
that by the Chief Plan it is envisaged to raise the square of green
zones per capita to 19.5 sq.m. from 2009 to 2020.