Committee Finds Construction Abuse at Yerevan Covered Market; Demands New Design Blueprint

11:58, June 12, 2012

A special committee set up by the RA Ministry of Culture and the Yerevan Municipality tasked with investigating recent construction at Yerevan's Pak Shouka  (Covered Market) has found a number of violations.

The committee says that during last month construction at the landmark site violated several points in the architectural plan that had been approved; specifically that the work done had overstepped the bounds as set in the plan.

On May 27, a part of the arched roof of the market collapsed as a result of unauthorized work by the developer.

The committee found that while construction has been halted, cleanup work inside the skeleton structure is making the overall situation worse.  Read more... (159 words)

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