KAPAN, SEPTEMBER 28, NOYAN TAPAN. There was a new landslide in the area adjacent to the Kapan city hospital on September 24, as a result of which the garden and horticultural booth of local resident Rafik Poghosian were burried under a 1,000-1,200 square meter-layer of earth. Vilen Badalian, head of the urban development department of Kapan mayor's office, told NT correspondent that the new landlside does not pose a danger yet. However, it may increase in size and have some unpredictable consequences. According to experts' explanation, the cause of the new landslide is that as a result of irrigation of land plots belonging to the local horticultural society, water has eroded the soil layer, forming a landslide-prone zone. The community budget lacks resources, so Mayor of Kapan Armen Karapetian applied to the Armenian government with a request to provide financial assistance for preventive measures.

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