GOVERNMENT’S DECISION IS OF NO USE
A1+
[01:42 pm] 18 September, 2007
The residents of many multi-floored houses in the capital climb
the stairs in darkness with fear until they reach their homes. The
elevators are out of order and "are waiting for" the money collected
from the residents.
Although the Government has allocated money for the repair of
elevators, in many communities money is collected from the residents
for repairing the engines of elevators. It turned out that the decision
of the Government adopted a week ago "is left out of account". Arayik
Minasyan, director of "Nor Nork Verelak" company informed "A1+" that
communities pay only 60% for the repair of the elevator, while the
residents pay 40%.
"We always say the amount of the money to be collected from the
residents. But in some cases other expenses also emerge and we have
to collected more money", Arayik Minasyan commented on the money
collected from citizens.
About 3 milliard drams is allocated by the Government for the repair
of elevators. There about 4865 elevators in Yerevan, 2464 of them need
fixing, 38 elevators are to be replaced by new ones. Gagik Khachatryan,
head of Yerevan Municipal Utility Department said that elevators’
repair parts needed for their safe exploiting would be imported from
abroad, while other parts were made in Armenia at "Mars" factory. The
Municipality representative ensures that after repair we will have
modern and safe elevators. He also ensures that the amount of money
for services will not rise.
Those who are responsible for the repair of elevators took into
account the fact that some parts may be stolen. "We have taken certain
preventative measures so that the citizens will be unable to spoil
the elevators", said Gagik Khachatryan and expressed hope that the
residents should treat the elevators as their properties. If some
elevators of the city are spoiled until the repair works start,
then the "unfortunate" residents will have to pay the 40% of the money.
All elevators of Yerevan city will be fixed by next year.