BUILDING OF MEMORIAL DEDICATED TO DEAD PASSENGERS OF CRASHED AIRPLANE OF "YEREVAN-SOCHI" FLIGHT STARTS IN YEREVAN

Noyan Tapan
Aug 20, 2007

YEREVAN, AUGUST 20, NOYAN TAPAN. The building of the memorial dedicated
to the dead passengers of the airplane of the Yerevan-Sochi flight
crashed last year has started in Yerevan. This statement was made
by Vano Vardanian, the Deputy Head of the municipality of Yerevan,
at the press conference, which was held on August 20.

The Deputy Head of the municipality mentioned that the museum of
Modern Art is currently under repair. In addition to this, measures
are taken in the direction of the repair of the pond of the Republican
square and the modification work of fountains will start at the end
of August, which will be implemented by the French organization.

According to Vano Vardanian, the building of the "skate-board"
playground of 1200 square kilometers in the seventh estate of Nor
Nork has already finished. At present, preparatory installation work
of equipment is being carried out there.

It was also mentioned that measures taken in the direction of
laying with asphalt and filling of cracks of a 420 thousand square
meters’ area have been implemented in 130 streets of the capital this
year. According to Vano Vardanian, currently 92% of the work has been
done. In addition to this, restoration work is being carried out in
another four streets of the capital.