YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 4, NOYAN TAPAN. Yerevan Mayor's Office is taking all measures aimed at street trade regulation. Karen Gevorgian, head of the Trade and Service Department of Yerevan's Mayor Office, stated this at the September 4 press conference. According to him, citizens should be aware that foodstuffs and fast food sold in the streets are harmful to health because their preparation and sale is done in conditions not in line with sanitary and hygiene norms. K. Gevorgian said that ckeck-ups are now being conducted at various trade and service facilities of Yerevan. Stock taking of all trade and service kiosks and pavilions of the city will be completed by 2008. In his words, 48 trade kiosks in Komitas Avenue have been dismantled, and another 70 will be modernized. The regulaion process is under way in Kochinian, Baghramian, Sundukian, Isakov, Abovian, Koryun and Acharian Streets. The department head underlined that this work will help regulate street trade. On the instructions of Yerevan Mayor, the state of the city's undercrossings was studied as well, which, according to K. Gevorgian, are in poor condition and it is time for all these underground crossings to undergo repair. K. Gevorgian said that Yerevan Mayor's Office recently received a lot of complaints from citizens regarding various bakeries, chemical cleaning points and night clubs functioning in the basements of residential buildings. According to him, these complaints are reasonable, as no proper control is implemented by the mayor's office in this respect. It was noted that from now on these facilities will be under control of Yerevan Mayor's Office.

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