CONSTRUCTION IN YEREVAN IS DONE WITH SERIOUS VIOLATIONS OF URBAN
DEVELOPMENT AND ECOLOGICAL NORMS, ECOLOGISTS SAY

YEREVAN, JANUARY 26, NOYAN TAPAN. Construction is Yerevan is done with
serious violations of urban development and ecological norms and
destruction of green areas, which impedes air circulation and has a
negative effect on health of the city’s population. Karine Danielian,
Chairwoman of the Associatioon for Sustained Human Development, said
this during the January 26 round table "SOS: Polluted Air". According
to her, Kentron and Shengavit communities are the most unfavorable
districts of Yerevan from the ecological point of view. K. Danielian
noted that desertification risks have grown as well, while density of
multi-storied buildings constructed in downtown Yerevan without a
modern engineering and geological map has increased seismic risks. The
presentation of the film "Death-Bringing Formulas" took place during
the discussion. Manuk Hergnian, one of the film’s authors, said that
the film presents the main sources of air pollution which affects the
human health and environment. According to the data cited in the film,
16-288 tons of CO2, 1.7-3 tons of CO, 1.5 tons of nitrogen oxide and up
to 30 kg of heavy metals is released annually per a kilometer of
Yerevan’s busiest streets. Released gases contain 200 components, 20%
of which belong to first and second categories of danger. The average
annual density of dust in almost all streets of Yerevan exceeds 2-3fold
the maximim permissible norm.