4,297 CITIZENS STILL NOT PROVIDED WITH APARTMENTS IN GYUMRI

Noyan Tapan
Apr 11 2006

GYUMRI, APRIL 11, NOYAN TAPAN. In the last 6-7 years, 8.5 thousand
families have been provided with apartments in Gyumri. However,
4,297 citizens still do not have their own apartments, so housing
consruction programs are underway in the city. Mayor of Gyumri Vardan
Ghukasian told reporters about it. He said that the mayor’s office
supervises the construction organizations’ compliance with the rules
of seismic resistance of the houses under construction.

Particularly, it is forbidden to do house construction work in those
parts of the city, which, according to the seismic map of Gyumri,
are located on the breaking lines of lithosphere. According to
V. Ghukasian, the new districts of Gyumri have municipal and other
communication infrastuctures. Gymri mayor noted that proper control
was kept over the quality the houses built under international
programs. At the same time, it was mentioned that there have been
some quality-related complaints from residents of the buildings
constructed within the framework of the World Bank programs. Roofs
of 30-50 buildings in new districts of Gyumri are repaired each year
with financial resources of the mayor’s office.