Arminfo
A total of 10,000 people have already signed under the open letter against construction of a cafe in "Student Park" near the Agrarian University in Yerevan. Administrator of the group "We are the owners of our city" created on Facebook Artur Avtandilyan told ArmInfo signature collection will be prolonged till May 14. "If necessary, we will use all the measures stipulated by the law," he said.
The open letter will be submitted to President Serzh Sargsyan, speaker of the parliament Hovik Abrahamyan, Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisyan and Yerevan Mayor Gagik Beglaryan. The letter says the large-scale construction was started without coordination with students and the residents of the apartment houses near the park. This violates Armenian legislation. “We demand to stop construction and restore the former image of the territory and return it to the residents of the capital city to use», the letter says.
The Association of Consumers of Armenia says the cafe "swallowed" 20 trees, which is proved by photos and video-materials. While the Nature Protection Ministry and the Yerevan Municipality try to find out which of them is responsible for the illegal felling, a group "We are the owners of our city" has been created at Facebook social network.
May 11, 2010