KAMO AREYAN: IN 2020 TOTAL VOLUME OF GREEN TERRITORIES IN YEREVAN FALLING TO ONE PERSON TO MAKE 78 SQ.M
Noyan Tapan
Mar 07 2006
YEREVAN, MARCH 7, NOYAN TAPAN. The three big program documents of the
green belts of the city of Yerevan, that were worked out in 1960s,
70s and 90s, were implemented only by 40%. Drop of total volumes of
green seedlings happened in 90s because of the energetic crisis. Kamo
Areyan, Deputy Mayor of Yerevan informed about this on March 6 at the
“Yerevan City Surroundings Problems” parliamentary hearings that were
held at the RA National Assembly. According to him, during the working
out of the new plan of the capital it was envisaged to reach the green
territories of total usage from 4.9 sq.m. falling to one person (2005)
up to 19.8 sq.m. And the volume of the green seedlings falling to one
person, that are subjected for the total usage, special importance
and limited usage, that now makes 44 sq.m., to reach to 78 sq.m. in
2020. Hence, the demands of permissions of building in the future
were reviewed, at the same time a program of forest restoration is
being implemented in the capital.
According to K.Areyan, the nature protection state of the Yerevan
in the sense of normative, is really troubling and bind the Mayor’s
Office to implement a program of urgent measures, which is already
worked out. He also mentioned that in 1990-2003 investments were not
done for the implementation of programs of green territories, total
forest restoration. From September, 2003 a program of protection of
total green territories, usage and broadening was put in action. For
the implementation of the later, an investment amounting nearly
4 milliard drams, within the framework of the capital expenses,
was implemented by the Yerevan Mayor’s Office in 2004 and 2005. 100
thousand trees were planted during the mentioned two years. It was also
mentioned that the protection and restoration of the irrigation system
is one of main problems. During the previous two years an investment
of 1.5 milliard drams was implemented for that purpose. Only in 2005
a water line of 70 kilometres was built. The 220 kilometres of the
acting system was repaired by the means of 1.5 mln drams. In 2006,
150 mln drams for 29 water buildings and 1.2 milliard drams for the
irrigation system, restoration of green territories, protection and
usage are envisaged. The second stage of the improvement program of
the canyon of Hrazdan is in process.