Yerevan municipality fines waste disposal company
08.08.2018,
14:39
The municipality of Armenia’s capital city Yerevan has penalized Sanitek waste disposal company for its failure to eliminate a set of shortcoming discovered by the municipality in July.
YEREVAN, August 8. /ARKA/. The municipality of Armenia’s capital city Yerevan has penalized Sanitek waste disposal company for its failure to eliminate a set of shortcoming discovered by the municipality in July.
According to a municipality report, the imposed fine is 12 million drams (the equivalent of about $25,000). It said also the company had been given time to eliminate the shortcomings but failed. Sanitek is also warned that in the event of non-performance of its contractual obligations more stringent measures will be applied against it, the municipality said.
At the end of July, trash service in the city became spotty, with dumpsters overflowing and angry residents complaining of smelly garbage littering their alleys. Some media stories claimed the problem was part of sabotage with a political context. Fears were raised that this situation was fraught with serious health consequences, especially on hot summer days.
However, these fears were denied by Sanitek which said that the refuse collection in Yerevan has always been and will be carried out in accordance with the agreement it signed with the municipality. It said one of the problems was that many of the garbage trucks were out of service. -0-
According to a municipality report, the imposed fine is 12 million drams (the equivalent of about $25,000). It said also the company had been given time to eliminate the shortcomings but failed. Sanitek is also warned that in the event of non-performance of its contractual obligations more stringent measures will be applied against it, the municipality said.
At the end of July, trash service in the city became spotty, with dumpsters overflowing and angry residents complaining of smelly garbage littering their alleys. Some media stories claimed the problem was part of sabotage with a political context. Fears were raised that this situation was fraught with serious health consequences, especially on hot summer days.
However, these fears were denied by Sanitek which said that the refuse collection in Yerevan has always been and will be carried out in accordance with the agreement it signed with the municipality. It said one of the problems was that many of the garbage trucks were out of service. -0-
