YEREVAN, JANUARY 15, NOYAN TAPAN. In 2006, Yerevan mayor's office made an inventory of apartment buildings with the aim of developing a long-term program on their modernization in the future. Deputy Mayor of Yerevan Kamo Areyan stated this at the January 15 press conference. According to him, there are now 4,567 apartment buildings in the city, 20 of which have been operated for 10 years, 665 - for 11-20 years, 1,242 - for 21-30 years, 1,252 - for 31-40 years, 877 - for 41-50 years and 474 apartment buildings - for more than 50 years. In the words of K. Areyan, it is envisaged to construct new buildings instead of those operated for more than 50 years. K. Areyan said that in 2003, studies of accident-prone buildings in Yerevan were conducted. According to these studies, 86 were recognized as accident-prone buildings of 3rd degree, and 15 ones - as accident-prone buildings of 4th degree. The deputy mayor noted that as of January 2007, 2 million drams (about 5.4 mln USD) was spent to reinforce 28 third degree accident-prone buildings. Another 8 such buildings will be reinforced thsi year, for which 620 million drams has been allocated from the state budget. It was noted that this year 3 residential buildings will be put into operation instead of 3 fourth degree accident-prone buildings in Yerevan's Ajapniak community.

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