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“We demand our yard to be as green as it used to be. We have a right to live in healthy environment and we don’t want to breathe in dust,” demand Davtashen Neighborhood Tigran Petrosyan Street N 51 and 52 blocks of flats residents from Yerevan Municipality. (See photos)
Still 15 years ago the residents planted an orchard which turned into a favourite pastime for children and grown-ups. But in July 2010 this orchard was cut down, as an Armen Harutyunyan had privatized the territory of this garden and is going to build a dentist center in the orchard territory.
Yerevan Municipality issued the right to construct a service center. Yerevan Municipality Urban Development and Architecture Department Head A. Kasaryan also informed the residents: “The Department will discuss your proposal on greening and tree planting.”
So far no works have been conducted, though the Municipality has announced April 9 and 16 as city-wide cleaning and tree planting days.
April 13, 2011