
ArmInfo. The inaction and irresponsibility of the Yerevan Municipality, led by Mayor Tigran Avinyan, continue to hit Yerevan residents financially. Rain that fell in the evening of April 12 in the Armenian capital once again turned Gyurjyan Street in the Nor Nork district into an impassable mud lake.
It got to the point where residents were forced to call rescuers to free their cars trapped in the newly formed lake.
According to a report from the Rescue Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Armenia, starting at 11:40 PM on April 12, the 112 Operations Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs began receiving reports of vehicles stuck in water due to heavy rain on Sevan and Gyurjyan Streets in Yerevan. "A rescue team from the Special Operations and Rescue Center of the Rescue Forces Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and a combat team from the Fire and Rescue Service of the Yerevan City Rescue Department were dispatched to the scene. The rescuers who arrived at the scene pulled the vehicles from the flooded areas," the department said in a statement. The Rescue Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Armenia, either intentionally or accidentally, did not specify how many vehicles were rescued from the mud lake.
However, according to video footage posted by citizens on social media, more than a dozen vehicles were stuck in the water on Gyurjyan Street alone. It is noteworthy that, despite the fact that citizens have been raising the issue of water accumulation on Gyurjyan Street for at least three years now due to the poor design of the roadway on this section - without the necessary drainage pipes - the situation remains unchanged, and the Yerevan Municipality has not lifted a finger to resolve the current deplorable situation, which is seriously affecting the pockets of city residents, turning this section of the road into an impassable ford every time it rains in the city.