YEREVAN MAYOR’S OFFICE TAKES ALL MEASURES TO REGULATE STREET TRADE

Noyan Tapan
Sept 04 2006

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 4, NOYAN TAPAN. Yerevan Mayor’s Office is taking
all measures aimed at street trade regulation. Karen Gevorgian, head
of the Trade and Service Department of Yerevan’s Mayor Office, stated
this at the September 4 press conference. According to him, citizens
should be aware that foodstuffs and fast food sold in the streets
are harmful to health because their preparation and sale is done in
conditions not in line with sanitary and hygiene norms. K. Gevorgian
said that ckeck-ups are now being conducted at various trade and
service facilities of Yerevan. Stock taking of all trade and service
kiosks and pavilions of the city will be completed by 2008. In
his words, 48 trade kiosks in Komitas Avenue have been dismantled,
and another 70 will be modernized. The regulaion process is under
way in Kochinian, Baghramian, Sundukian, Isakov, Abovian, Koryun and
Acharian Streets. The department head underlined that this work will
help regulate street trade. On the instructions of Yerevan Mayor,
the state of the city’s undercrossings was studied as well, which,
according to K. Gevorgian, are in poor condition and it is time for
all these underground crossings to undergo repair. K. Gevorgian said
that Yerevan Mayor’s Office recently received a lot of complaints from
citizens regarding various bakeries, chemical cleaning points and night
clubs functioning in the basements of residential buildings. According
to him, these complaints are reasonable, as no proper control is
implemented by the mayor’s office in this respect. It was noted
that from now on these facilities will be under control of Yerevan
Mayor’s Office.