Rain causes traffic jams in Yerevan 

ArmInfo.Another downpour in the Armenian capital has paralyzed traffic on several streets and exposed the incompetence of Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan.

The light rain that fell in the Armenian capital this morning turned  Yerevan's streets into impassable, deep rivers, where, perhaps, only  gondolas are suitable for travel. An ArmInfo correspondent observed  the dire situation on Gyurjyan Street. Drivers were literally forced  to float along the road. The situation was exacerbated by the huge  potholes in the roads, which, under the current conditions, made it  impossible for drivers to avoid them. The result was a flooded and  damaged vehicle.

Social media users are also posting images from other parts of the  city where traffic was hampered by the huge puddles that had formed.  The footage also shows damaged cars lined up along the side of the  road.  However, the mayor of Yerevan not only ignores these city  problems, but always comes up with a new excuse for what's happened:  a month's worth of rainfall, or two months' worth, or something else  entirely. 

He's deaf to Yerevan residents' calls to stop cutting down the  capital's green space and building high-rises on every scrap, and  instead address the city's sewer system and roads, which already  resemble a bombed- out field. Meanwhile, Yerevan residents are forced  to continue breathing dust, spending half their salaries on repairing  their vehicles, and hoping for elections soon to remove the officials  who continue to blight Yerevan residents' lives with their  incompetent management.