NEWS.am
“What kind of answer are you expecting of me?”: this was the reply given by the Minister of Nature Protection to the correspondent of NEWS.am. The latter asked whether the Ministry headed by Aram Harutyunyan takes any measures in regard to wide-scale constructions in another section of Ring Boulevard in Yerevan.
“First of all, I should find out whether or not this construction is legal, whether or not the approved construction plan has been violated, and if this construction turns out to be illegal, we will take all the needed actions,” assured Aram Harutyunyan. The Control Service of the President revealed outrageous violations in mining sphere. By the way, Hovhannes Hovsepyan, Head of Control Service, admitted that the number of violations have drastically decreased after mining sphere transferred from competence of the Ministry of Nature Protection to that of the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources.
December 30, 2009