GOVERNMENT REVOKES PREVIOUS DECISION ALLOCATING LAND FOR CONSTRUCTION OF HOTEL COMPLEX
Armenpress
Mar 07 2006
YEREVAN, MARCH 7, ARMENPRESS: Bowing to a massive public outcry
the government has revoked today its decision on alienation of a 25
hectare space near a botanical garden in Yerevan for construction of
a hotel complex.
A deputy parliament member Manuk Gasparian, who was in the forefront
of a campaign to stop the construction of the hotel, said today the
decision to stop the construction had been made by prime minister
Margarian personally. He said president Kocharian also played
a role. Gasparian argued that neither the prime minister nor the
president of the National Academy of Sciences that owns the land area
were aware of what kind of a decision they signed because they were
assured that the land area in question was occupied by a dump.
Gasparian said apart from preserving 60 hectares of the botanical
garden the government has pledged to release money for reconstruction
of the garden's irrigation system.
Armenpress
Mar 07 2006
YEREVAN, MARCH 7, ARMENPRESS: Bowing to a massive public outcry
the government has revoked today its decision on alienation of a 25
hectare space near a botanical garden in Yerevan for construction of
a hotel complex.
A deputy parliament member Manuk Gasparian, who was in the forefront
of a campaign to stop the construction of the hotel, said today the
decision to stop the construction had been made by prime minister
Margarian personally. He said president Kocharian also played
a role. Gasparian argued that neither the prime minister nor the
president of the National Academy of Sciences that owns the land area
were aware of what kind of a decision they signed because they were
assured that the land area in question was occupied by a dump.
Gasparian said apart from preserving 60 hectares of the botanical
garden the government has pledged to release money for reconstruction
of the garden's irrigation system.