EcoLur
The urban development field in Yerevan is super corrupted, as Aldermen’s Council “Barev Yerevan” faction member Stepan Safaryan said at the press conference held at EcoLur press club and added the constructions are carried out without any concept and public awareness. “”Chaos has been created in Yerevan, which has been done intentionally, as this is another opportunity for our representatives of the authorities to make money. “You can construct anything anywhere jeopardizing any standards, whether it would be seismic, fire, humanitarian or elementary standards. We can eye witness the drama of 5 Komitas Avenue, which lasts for almost 6 years, now it’s turn for Amiryan and Sayat Nova,” Stepan Safaryan said.
Amiryan 24 resident Ani Mandalyan mentioned that Amiryan’s residents are willing even to apply to the European Court of Human Rights, “I am detained in my yard, as I don’t allow it to be seized. I was kept at the police for three hours for them to be able to seize the yard completely. They cut down the trees on Sunday. No aid, the building is deprived of the sin, no standard is met. As if they develop Yerevan, what is developed Yerevan? When they make its resident relocate and eventually emigrate?”
“In other country the Mayour would know that people were protesting downstairs and would invite them to take part in the meeting. Here I was told there was no place in the hall. They make people come and occupy seats in the hall, they intentionally bring experts, department heads, who draw pictures as it’s boring or sleep, this is all not to allow citizens to take part in the meeting.” At the meeting of the Aldermen’s Council “Barev Yerevan” Faction Head Anahit Bakhshyan raised the problem of the construction in the yard of the building at 24 Amiryan Street.
“The Mayor’s reply to my question about Amiryan was very strange: he said, the residents had been aware for 8 years that a building was going to be constructed there,” Anahit Bakhshyan said and added, “When a tycoon’s interest contradicts to the citizens’ interest, the tycoon’s interests are definitely protected. Both the court and the policemen defend the site developer citing an illegal and non-grounded permit.”
November 11, 2013 at 16:46