Mayor Karen Karapetyan directs local authorities to dismantle 266 street kiosks by the end of September.
Here’s a photo montage of what took place yesterday morning when local officials from the Arabkir District, backed by police and Special Forces, began to dismantle a cluster of street stalls and kiosks from the intersection of Papazyan and Komitas Streets.
RA Human Rights Defender Karen Andreasyan says that he is concerned with the on-going dismantling of certain street stalls and kiosks in Yerevan.
The Yerevan Municipality stated today that it is going ahead with plans to dismantle illegal kiosks and street stalls in the downtown area despite mounting protests waged by vendors.
Early this morning, around 100 kiosk operators took their protest to the steps of the Yerevan Municipality to voice their opposition to the dismantling of their places of business.
Edward Hakobyan, one of the kiosk operators, told Hetq that the officials possessed no permits and neither had they provided prior notice in writing.
Today, a group of 18 irate Yerevan kiosk owners/renters who have been ordered to dismantle their stalls gathered in front of the Government Building.
The opposition Armenian National Congress has met with a delegation representing street vendors who have been prohibited from selling their wares at the intersection of Komitas and Papazyan Streets in Yerevan.