Citizens Are Concerned Over Yerevan Streets

[Ashot]

CITIZENS ARE CONCERNED OVER YEREVAN STREETS

 

Our citizens are concerned over the inconsolable state of the capital streets and the garbage dumped here and there. Yerevan citizen Arsen Torossian sent us a letter this morning with photos.

 

“Long live Arabkir, the cleanest commune of Armenia or an open dump under the sky,” the author began his letter with these words.

 

Arsen Torossian says at this tense pre-election period public services should do their utmost “to please citizens and gain their confidence.”

 

“The head of the commune is probably busy with other “important things” therefore he neglects his duties. The authorities had better scavenge streets instead of forcing schools and nursery schools to attend meetings,” Arsen Torossian says.

 

To remind, one can come across presidential contender Serzh Sarkissian’s posters at every step in Arabkir. The Prime Minister had a meeting with the Arabkir voters on February 2.

 

[SirunTgha]

CITIZENS ARE CONCERNED OVER YEREVAN STREETS

 

Our citizens are concerned over the inconsolable state of the capital streets and the garbage dumped here and there. Yerevan citizen Arsen Torossian sent us a letter this morning with photos.

 

“Long live Arabkir, the cleanest commune of Armenia or an open dump under the sky,” the author began his letter with these words.

 

Arsen Torossian says at this tense pre-election period public services should do their utmost “to please citizens and gain their confidence.”

 

“The head of the commune is probably busy with other “important things” therefore he neglects his duties. The authorities had better scavenge streets instead of forcing schools and nursery schools to attend meetings,” Arsen Torossian says.

 

To remind, one can come across presidential contender Serzh Sarkissian’s posters at every step in Arabkir. The Prime Minister had a meeting with the Arabkir voters on February 2.

 

Yes to reply to your great topic Ashot, I find it's very essential to discuss this subject. My father traveled to Yerevan past summer and told me the same. Some streets are so dirty that it's discusting to see. I'm from Komitass, and you guys should see what's taking place there. If we want to give a good image of our country, our capital, and besides, to respect ourselves by not allowing such deterioration. After all Armenians live there. Anyways tnx for the post Ashot.

[Ashot]

What we need in Armenia is an outside Garbage company, that will take care of the problem!!! either someone from Russia or US, preferably an Armenian!!!

[SirunTgha]

What we need in Armenia is an outside Garbage company, that will take care of the problem!!! either someone from Russia or US, preferably an Armenian!!!

 

I think we should begin by educated some people who don't understand what they are doing (Gextsinera amen tex kan ). Aslo the Municipality of Yerevan should elaborate an anual budget for yes like you said a Garbage company, because this issue is going on and on since I'm little. I don't think it's acceptable in 2008. I say we grab the garbage and throw it behind the Turkish boarder haha

Edited February 8, 2008 by SirunTxa

[hosank]

agreed..

the real problem is that people who for 70 years 'commonly owned' everything, now only own from their appartment door, in. what is outside their flat door matters not to them. if you notice, even the staircaises of flatbuildings have ripped posters and so on. same goes for the streets. the soviet system used any idiot who could move his arms, to clean the street, that system has collapsed.

i remember i was driving with my friend somewhere in the mountains, he had a bag of dziran and when i could no longer eat any, he just placed the half full plastic bag on the floor next to a pile of more gargage...(and this is in the middle of nowhere). so obviously i took the bag, dumped the dziran on the floor (well what ever it's all compost)..he was surprised at first..then i told him that he cannot throw this because it would stay and it would pollute and be ugly and what ever.....

my uncle who lives in yegheknadzor tries to educate people to pick up in the streets..he usually tells guests (often tourists) to pick up all the garbage they see while they walk down the street...

so definately they must be educated in understanding that though they may not own what is outside their flat, it is still theirs, as it's their country, and they must all work together (i say they, but i mean we) to keep armenia beautiful...because it's bad for tourism...

[SirunTgha]

my uncle who lives in yegheknadzor tries to educate people to pick up in the streets..he usually tells guests (often tourists) to pick up all the garbage they see while they walk down the street...

so definately they must be educated in understanding that though they may not own what is outside their flat, it is still theirs, as it's their country, and they must all work together (i say they, but i mean we) to keep armenia beautiful...because it's bad for tourism...

 

The keyword here is: EDUCATION. Indeed the Soviet regime has collapsed and we have to take care of our country. Let me say it again, we have to take care of our country. Now I understand that there's a urban immigration and the new comers from rural regions are not informed, not aware of any municipal rules concerning the garbage. Gughatsiner, and I mean this in a not pejorative way!! In my opinion the main key to the issue is educating and informing people, the rest should be taken in charge by the Municipality of Yerevan, like Ashot I remember proposed, a private garbage company.

Now what i don't understand is why your uncle tells the tourists to pick up our garbage. Having nasty looking streets is not only bad for tourism, and lets not forget that tourism can be extremely profitable for a country's economy, but I personally wouldn't respect myself as an individual living surrounded by trash.

 

Anyways, in my opinion this is an issue that exists since I can remember myself, going outside to play (I lived in Komitass, near the movie theater, who by the way got demolished :(:( Aragatz!!!!!, and behind our house was the Phuchik street, I think some people here know where it is )

And this is an issue that has a much bigger envergure that it may seem to you.

 

 

[hosank]

well when i say tourists..i mean close friends of his from outiside the country...

and he would also tell my cousins and i to pick up some trash and make sure they see you do it, in order for them to be ashamed, and learn to pick up after themselves.

[SirunTgha]

well when i say tourists..i mean close friends of his from outiside the country...

and he would also tell my cousins and i to pick up some trash and make sure they see you do it, in order for them to be ashamed, and learn to pick up after themselves.

 

Oh ok! Got it now.