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"Clean Homeland" national program starts

  • 08-06-2010 23:00:00   | Armenia  |  Social
YEREVAN, JUNE 8, NOYAN TAPAN. On June 5 - the International Day of Nature Protection, Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan took part in the startup of a cleanup effort in Hrazdan gorge referred to as the Three Bridges project as implemented within the framework of the national program initiated by the Prime Minister of Armenia under the Clean Homeland nationwide program. Tigran Sargsyan joined the sites under cleaning and made a personal contribution to the event. The press service of the government reported that the program was developed by an interdepartmental working group established by the prime minister's decision to carry out a cleanup and environmental effort all over the Republic of Armenia. The Three Bridges project covers the area adjacent to Haghtanak, Kievian and Davidashen bridges situated in the gorge of Hrazdan. Coordinated by the Ministry of Nature Protection, the Clean Homeland program involves the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the Yerevan municipality, Miasin and Clean Yerevan NGOs, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the youth wing of the Republican Party of Armenia, as well as specialized organizations and managing entities engaged in the gorge of the Hrazdan River. Additional garbage containers and information boards will be posted under the program. Upon program completion, a public commission will be set up to exercise sanitary control in this area.
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