ARKA News Agency, Armenia
Sept 28 2007
Construction project for underground service lines on Getar river not
examined by ecological experts
YEREVAN, September 28. /ARKA/. `The projects of constructing
underground passages, new residential houses and development of the
Getar River have not undergone an ecological expert examination. We
are examining the project and will report the results later,’
Harutyunyan said.
The Minister pointed out that the master plan envisages the
restoration of green plantations in the district. `The master plan
was approved a year ago, and the work is being carried in conformity
with it. Our position is that the tasks set by the master plan be
consistently accomplished,’ Harutyunyan said.
The Getar River flows through the center of Yerevan. Under a
large-scale construction program, a special tunnel is being built for
the stream canal.
Environmentalists are strongly against this, as the stream
contributes to mass verdurization, creates corridors for
`ventilation’, of the city thus ensuring the existence of a natural
ecosystem.
The Yerevan Municipality plans a number of large-scale programs,
particularly the construction of ground and underground facilities at
the crossroads of Vardanyan and Khanjyan streets, Nalbandyan,
Isahakyan, Manukyan streets and at Myasnikyan Avenue, in front of the
Yerevan Zoo.
The underground passages are being constructed under the master plan
of Yerevan approved by the Ra Government in 2005. The program is to
be implemented until 2020.-0–