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YEREVAN, MAY 12, ARMENPRESS:
Wide-scale urban development programs will be implemented in Armenia in the running year. Armenpress news agency spoke with the Urban Development Minister Vardan Vardanyan about their process, quality, issues.
- Mr Vardanyan, which are the prior directions of the Ministry for the running year?
- Five prior issues are separated. One of the significant ones is issue on ensuring apartments. We are planning to improve the legislation on special regulation of urban activity as well as the activity in the settlements of Armenia. One of priorities is also the reforms in the system of territorial planning, development of institutional capabilities of communities. The issue of fighting against illegal construction will too be under our spotlight.
- What works are intended to be carried out in the disaster zone and how many families will get new apartments this year?
- In 2011 on the account of state budget provisions construction of 3 233 apartments will launch in the provinces of Shirak and Lori to ensure the houseless families with apartments. This year the construction launched in 2010 will end. Overall, it is expected to complete the construction of 2 131 apartments and dwelling houses, including 1756 in Gyumri and 375 in rural settlements of Lori.
We are also planning to start and end in 2012 construction of new apartments. Overall 1092 apartments and dwelling houses will be built, including 134 in the town of Spitak, 182 in Akhuryan, 546 in the rural settlements of Lori, 230 in rural settlements of Shirak.
- How is the quality of construction works in the zone of disaster being controlled?
- The quality of construction works continues being in our limelight. First, the disaster zone, according to the urban classification, is divided into two groups. The first one includes multi-storeyed buildings that have been built and are being built in Gyumri's "Mush 2", "Mush2-2" and "Ani" districts, the second is the group of the one-storeyed houses having 2, 3 and 4 rooms that have been built and are being built in the rural communities. The state inspection control of the construction activity of buildings of both groups is being carried out within the framework of the Article 26 of Armenian law "About Construction".
I must note that after every 15 days they present corresponding report to the head of staff of the RA President and me about the quality of construction. Already 27 checking were carried out and fine amounting to 2.17 million AMD was established.
- Last year the Finance Ministry's Inner Audit Assessment and Finance Oversight Department registered a number of violations in the sphere. What steps are being carried out to avoid the flaws in 2011?
- The Finance Ministry's Inner Audit Assessment and Finance Oversight Department studied the project-pre-calculation documents and found certain flaws. The ministry assigned the projecting organizations to review the documents and present the amended variant, which was done.
Starting from 2010 at our initiative a point on subjecting to responsibility was added in the agreements according to which in case of diversions from projects both the projectors and people who implemented the studies will pay fine for each diversion or the loss caused by that diversion.