The Yerevan City Hall has reached a temporary agreement with residents of the Aeration district, whose residential buildings are to be dismantled.

ArmInfo. Yerevan City Hall has reached a temporary agreement with residents of the Aeration neighborhood in the Shengavit administrative district, whose residential buildings are scheduled for demolition by decision of the city municipality. This was announced by Romik Mkhitaryan, head of the Shengavit administrative district in Yerevan, in an interview with journalists.

According to him, they reached this agreement after discussions with residents of the neighborhood, during which two main conditions were presented to them. "Cars were driving into the area and dumping trash there. Residents allowed them to enter for a certain fee. This problem arose back in 2022. In addition, construction work was underway in the area. By decision of the Yerevan mayor, the demolition of these buildings was suspended, but two conditions were presented to residents. First, the area must be cleared and no more cars are allowed to dump trash there. "Secondly, all construction work must be suspended. Residents agreed and promised to fulfill them," Mkhitaryan noted.

According to him, if these conditions are actually met, residents will be able to remain in their residential buildings until their problem is resolved and they are provided with alternative housing. "This issue is no longer within our jurisdiction. It is the responsibility of the Unified Social Service. The head of the Unified Social Service also spoke with residents and agreed on the following: they will write and submit applications, which will then be discussed. The problem is that no one has done this before. There are children there who are still unregistered, and therefore they are still not receiving social benefits," explained the head of the Shengavit administration.

Speaking about how long it will take to clear the area, he reported that there is enough garbage there for about 1,500 cars. "Imagine how long this will take. Cleanup work is scheduled to begin tomorrow. Cameras will likely be installed to monitor the situation constantly," Mkhitaryan added. Residents of the neighborhood, in turn, said that assistance might not be available to everyone. "We were warned that some might be successful, while others might not. But we were advised to file a statement anyway. Each family should file their own. They didn't give us a specific deadline; they told us to live for now. Otherwise, we were warned that these houses would eventually have to be demolished, since this land belongs to the state," one resident of the neighborhood reported. They also recounted the outcome of yesterday's scuffles between the protesters and the police. According to one resident of the neighborhood, an ambulance was called for the man, a second-degree disabled person, and he was taken to the Erebuni Medical Center, where he received the necessary medical care. "After that, he was taken to the police station and left in custody. We don't know the reason. He didn't attack or hit anyone during the altercation. He is required to take his medication. Moreover, given his health issues, he should have been questioned in the presence of a lawyer. As for the woman who was also detained that day, her mother is sick and needs care," they said.

As a reminder, a tense situation arose in the Aeration neighborhood of the Shengavit administrative district on the morning of August 31. Residents reported that representatives of Yerevan's Shengavit administrative district attempted to demolish residential buildings in the neighborhood that morning. According to city officials, these are illegal structures slated for demolition. Residents, however, said the houses were provided to them by philanthropists and that they have lived in them for 30 years. This sparked tension between the residents of the houses, whose buildings the city administration planned to demolish, and the officials. Ambulance crews were called to the scene of the incident. The houses in question belonged to six families.