ENVIRONMENTALISTS DEMAND DISMANTLING ILLEGAL BUILDING IN KHOSROV NATIONAL RESERVE
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Thursday, July 19, 00:38
The two-storied building illegally constructed in Gilan, Khosrov
National Reserve, must be dismantled, Head of the Center for Bird
Lovers NGO Silva Adamyan said in an interview with ArmInfo. Adamyan
said that the special task force is considering three scenarios:
dismantling the building, leaving it untouched or giving it to
some research organizations, while the owner of the building claims
compensation. “Deputy Environment Protection Minister Simon Papyan
has told us that the problem has not yet been solved. Our position is
that the building must be pulled down,” Adamyan said. The Environment
Protection Ministry says that the building is meant as a visit center,
while the greens insists that it will be a restaurant. The first
report about the construction was received in 2008, while the decision
to stop the project was passed in 2010. In a letter in Aug 2011 the
greens urged Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan to dismantle the building.
From: Baghdasarian