CITY SUBBOTNIK TO BE HELD ON APRIL 15 IN YEREVAN
Noyan Tapan
Apr 11 2006
YEREVAN, APRIL 11, NOYAN TAPAN. During the April 15 city subbotnik
a special attention will be paid to the cleaning and planting of
trees in yards. As Romik Kosemian, Head of the Nature Protection
Department of Yerevan Mayor’s Office, informed at the April 10
press conference, it is already 3 weeks that planting of trees is
implemented in the capital, instead of 30 thousand trees planned for
planting in communities of Malatia-Sebastia, Erebuni, Shengavit and
Nor Nork, 49 thousand trees and 25 thousand bushes have been already
planted there. Planting of trees continues in other communities,
too, and in total, about 90 thousand trees will be planted by
late May. R.Kosemian said that by the program of planting trees in
Yerevan, starting from 2004, the work has been implemented by about
60%. In 2005-2007, in total, green zones with a square of about 260
hectares will be restored in Yerevan. About 16 thousand trees have
been already planted in the territory near the restaurant “Paros,”
in the Park of Victory and in the Nor Nork community. According to
R.Kosemian, for the purpose of protecting the green zones, this year
the Mayor’s Office will allocate 200 mln drams (about 445 thousand
USD) for the repairs of the irrigation network with a length of 20
km and Prefectures will allocate 250 mln drams for construction and
restoration of intra-communal irrigation networks.
It was also mentioned that this year the communities will allocate 400
mln drams for preservation of a green zone of 600 hectares. R.Kosemian
also informed that starting from May, the Mayor’s Office in association
with the Ministry of Nature Protection will start to make inventory
of trees on pavements, in parks and yards.