Yerevan air quality better now - Yerevan Municipality 

ArmInfo.  If in previous years the highest level of dust was recorded in Yerevan among the cities under consideration, then in 2024 this figure decreased. This was  reported to Mayor Tigran Avinyan during a working meeting of the  capital's municipality.

In particular, it was noted that among other cities of Armenia,  Yerevan is no longer in first place in terms of air pollution, but in  fourth place. The fact that the air quality in the capital is  improving, as Avinyan noted, is evidenced by data from 173 sensors  installed at construction sites in Yerevan.

At the same time, it was noted that the level of air pollution  increases precisely in the winter period, which is associated with  the heating season. The mayor's office once again assured that during  this period, the burning of various types of fuel for heating  purposes is added to the main sources of air pollution (construction,  transport, operation of open mines), which leads to an increase in  dust and smoke in the air.

Citing data for March, the City Hall presented the average air  quality index (AQI) value, but only for 2 out of 6 indicators - PM 10  (coarse, visible to the naked eye) and PM 2.5 (fine particles), while  for a complete picture the following indicators are also needed:  carbon monoxide (CO), ozone (O3), nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and sulfur  dioxide (SO2). Thus, in March, the PM2.5 level was 91 ?g / m3, and  PM10 - 37 ?g / m3.  These values, as noted during the working  meeting, are in the range of or . At the same time,  Tigran Avinyan also referred to the Hydrometeorological Center's  report on air pollution in Armenia for 2024, which states that,  compared to previous years, the level of dust pollution in Yerevan  has decreased.

Despite the assurances of the city authorities, city residents  continue to complain about the air quality in Yerevan. Independent  experts attribute air pollution in the capital primarily to  uncontrolled construction, the increase in the number of cars in the  city, and the cutting down of trees, which is carried out within the  framework of the city hall's program for greening the city. The  authorities explain this initiative by the need to replace trees that  are at the stage of losing their viability with more valuable  species. However, industry experts hold the opposite opinion. They  assure that the capital's city hall has committed ecocide.  The  central streets of the city are being planted mainly with decorative  trees, which will not be able to fully perform the function of  absorbing dust.