Cemetery territories expand in Yerevan, experts recommend building crematoriumsJuly 13, 2011 - 16:32 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - By 2020, 11-12% of Yerevan territory will be occupied by cemeteries, an expert said. As a member of the International Academy of Ecology Ashot Khoetsyan told a news conference in Yerevan, cemetery territories, currently amounting to 560 hectares, will be expanded by 300 hectares in the years to come. “By that rate, 30-40% of the capital will be occupied by the cemeteries in 2050,” he remarked. As the head of the department of environment and community hygiene at State Hygienic Antiepidemic Inspectorate of Armenian Healthcare Ministry Aida Petikyan, in turn, noted, the necessity of building crematoriums in Armenia grows every year. According to her, the need to build crematorium is prompted not only be the restricted cemetery territories, but also by the importance of avoiding epidemic outbreaks and infectious diseases. Top stories The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Defense Minister Suren Papikyan has visited the southern Armenian province of Syunik, the Defense Ministry reported on March 18. Partner news | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |