RESIDENTS OF NORTHERN AVENUE OF YEREVAN INTEND TO GO ON A HUNGER-STRIKE

YEREVAN, August 4 (Noyan Tapan). On August 5, a group of persons
renting land plots in the Dalma Gardens and a group of residents of
the Northern Avenue, organized a picket near the building of the RA
government. They represented their problems to the Ministers that
arrived to the sitting of the government and demanded the solve
them. According to Vachagan Hakobian, the Chairman of the “Northern
Avenue” public organization, the residents of the avenue will protect
their rights with not only such methods. Application-complaints have
already been sent to international organizations. According to him, a
part of the residents is ready to undertake extreme measures, a
hunger-strike and even self-immolation. According to V.Hakobian,
unlawful actions were committed during realization of the territory of
the Northern Avenue. In particular, physical violence was applied in
relation to the residents, wrong estimation of apartments was carried
out, the cases of the citizens not signing agreements were sent to the
courts and they were solved in favor of the plaintiff, the state. A
number of citizens remained without shelter, as it was impossible to
buy apartments with the allocated money. To recap, upon the March 27
2003 decision of the RA government “On Change of Borders of Lands in
Dalma Gardens Subject to Protection and Change of Purpose,” 256 out of
530 hectares of the gardens are removed to the category of forest
lands and about 50% of lands are transferred for building. It’s
envisaged to carry out construction, to build a highway, a road net,
fairs and service entities in the above-mentioned 256 hectares.