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BURNING GARBAGE IN MASIS DUMP DAMAGES RESIDENT'S HEALTH (VIDEO)
tert.am
09.08.12
A plot of land in Armenia's town of Masis, allocated for dump makes
4.9 hectares, while the owner of the dump has occupied 10 hectares
more of the provided territory, a Masis resident told Tert.am.
About 250 residents of the town organized a signature gathering
and wrote a letter to Heritage party's faction, alarming about the
catastrophic ecological situation in the town.
In the letter the residents note that everyday garbage is being
brought from Yerevan to Masis which is being burnt and the smoke
caused as a result of it damages the residents' health.
Tert.am visited the dump with the residents. The smoke was really
coming out of the garbage, but the workers there claim they do not
burn the garbage on purpose, "it is being inflamed from heat."
The owner of the dump Misha Akopyan, who is the brother of former
mayor of Masis, came to the dump. He behaved himself inadequately,
saying that no one is burning garbage, but it is being covered up with
earth. He said garbage is being inflamed as a result of "methane gas."
The owner of the dump is paying 58,900 drams annually to Armenia's
state budget for renting the territory.
tert.am
09.08.12
A plot of land in Armenia's town of Masis, allocated for dump makes
4.9 hectares, while the owner of the dump has occupied 10 hectares
more of the provided territory, a Masis resident told Tert.am.
About 250 residents of the town organized a signature gathering
and wrote a letter to Heritage party's faction, alarming about the
catastrophic ecological situation in the town.
In the letter the residents note that everyday garbage is being
brought from Yerevan to Masis which is being burnt and the smoke
caused as a result of it damages the residents' health.
Tert.am visited the dump with the residents. The smoke was really
coming out of the garbage, but the workers there claim they do not
burn the garbage on purpose, "it is being inflamed from heat."
The owner of the dump Misha Akopyan, who is the brother of former
mayor of Masis, came to the dump. He behaved himself inadequately,
saying that no one is burning garbage, but it is being covered up with
earth. He said garbage is being inflamed as a result of "methane gas."
The owner of the dump is paying 58,900 drams annually to Armenia's
state budget for renting the territory.