Residents to protest against Stone-Cutting Plant construction
The residents of 7 Massiv, Nor Nork, Yerevan City, will hold a protest demonstration against the construction of a stone-cutting plant at 3:00 p.m. January 24, says the statement of residents addressed to EcoLur. During 25 years they have been beautifying and greening the territory, where a huge amount of construction garbage was collected after the site development of dwelling massifs in the Soviet time. Several houses have been construction on the same territory. The residents have applied to Yerevan Municipality many times with a request to permit them to legalize their right to property they have been cultivating for many years. But the Yerevan Municipality, despite recognizing their right to first priority for obtaining the territory as a property, put forward different reasons for refusal. In 2011 this territory was included into "Agroholding" company, which intends to construct a stone-cutting plant. The heads of the company stated to the resident, they obtained the territory in 2003. "The stone-cutting plant will turn into a real disaster for residents living nearby, while the parks will be destroyed," the statement says. The residents intend to invite the Member of Parliament from their area Samvel Farmanyan and Head of Nor Nork administrative area Armen Ulikhanyan to take part in this protest demonstration, EcoLur reports.
