Thursday, July 20 2017 16:03

ArmInfo. The minimum penalty for  illegal emission of garbage is proposed to be set at no less than 16  thousand drams. This was stated by the Minister of Territorial  Administration and Development of Armenia David Lokyan in the  conversation with journalists after the meeting of the Government on  July 20. According to Lokyan, the department headed by him has  developed a draft law, the so-called code of "Garbage removal and  sanitary cleaning of the territory of the municipality," which  establishes fairly strict administrative measures of responsibility  for the discharge of garbage.

The minimum penalty for illegal  emission of garbage is proposed to be set at 16 thousand AMD. This  penalty will be applied, as the minister explained, for the cigarette  stub out of the wrong place. For large companies, the fine will reach  200-300 thousand.

At the same time, in the matter of educating the cleanliness of the  population, the government is not limited to punitive measures alone.  Within the framework of the "Clean Armenia" program, the Ministry  issued about 10 promotional videos, in the regions there will be  selling caps warning about the dangers of dishonesty and agitating  for cleanliness and order. In addition, David Lokyan acknowledges  that there is an acute shortage of garbage cans, and in connection  with this, in 2018 the Ministry plans to purchase about 10,000  garbage cans. They will be installed in squares, in theaters and  museums, in large churches.  Nevertheless, as he stressed, local  communities should make their own contribution - to acquire not only  urns, but also garbage trucks.