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    REVITALIZATION OF SHUSHI UNDER WAY

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    25.03.2010 13:02 GMT+04:00

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ With its recently initiated reconstruction of
    Garegin Nzhdeh and Alec Manoogian streets, two main thoroughfares in
    Shushi, NKR, Hayastan All-Armenian Fund has begun to restore the city's
    economic and social infrastructures. The street-revitalization project
    is being realized through contributions made by the Russian-Armenian
    community during Telethon 2009.

    Following the construction of sewage, water-delivery and drainage
    systems, the streets and sidewalks (about 950 meters) will be paved and
    furbish, and light posts will be installed throughout. The project will
    be completed with the installation of 1.5-meter-wide lawns separating
    the streets from the sidewalks, Hayastan All Armenian Fund said in
    a press release.

    "Prior to the launch of this project, the people of Shushi no longer
    believed that things would turn to the better in their city," said
    Grigori Avanesyan, director of the Shushi Administration's Urban
    Development and Architecture Department.

    "These streets in particular had long fallen into disrepair. There is
    a great deal of bustle in this part of the city. Residents frequently
    use the telephone station and the bank or visit the cultural center,
    whereas up till now the streets remained in a terrible state."

    Alec Manoogian Street is also home to the fire station and the
    much-visited, 1847-built Hovhannes Mkrtich Church, better known as
    the Green Church because of the color of its dome.

    "This year our main goal is to implement a number of projects
    aimed at helping Shushi stand on its feet," said Ara Vardanyan,
    executive director of the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund. "I hope that
    our revitalization efforts will go a long way in strengthening
    Shushi residents' bond with their city, and not be limited to the
    Fund initiatives only."
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