21 YEARS HAVE PASSED SINCE SPITAK TRAGEDY

ArmInfo
2009-12-07 11:31:00

ArmInfo. Today, Armenia commemorates the victims of the destructive
Spitak earthquake on December 7,1988, which killed over 25,000 people.

Spitak earthquake has become one of the tragic pages in the history
of the Armenian people.

The earthquake, which happened at 11: 41 AM, destructed the towns of
Spitak and Leninakan down to rock bottom, over hundred of villages
and several towns were destructed partially, earthquake shocks were
felt also in Yerevan and Tbilisi. President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan
and Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisyan will visit Gyumri and Spitak on
December 7 morning to pay tribute to the memory of the earthquake
victims, as well as get acquainted with the course of restoration
works in the earthquake zone. According to S. Sargsyan’s statement,
there will be no changes in the programmes, being implemented in
the earthquake zone, in view of the global crisis. In particular,
according to the draft state budget for 2010, it is scheduled to
direct about $57 mln to construction of housing for the people left
without shelter as a result of Spitak earthquake. It is scheduled to
build 2.3 thsd flats in Gyumri, 182 flats in Akhuryan, 226 houses in
a number of other villages of Shirak region. 354 flats will be built
in Spitak and 1821 houses – in the villages of Lori region.