A member of the Yerevan City Council, Kristina Vardanyan, stated that 212 million drams were spent on 8.5 hectares where 10,000 trees were planted, but the results do not justify the investments:
"The city administration announces its unprecedented 60 hectares of green areas, but it should be noted that the 8.5 hectares of planted trees have dried up," she says:
Vardanyan emphasizes that taxpayers paid 212 million drams, of which 112 million drams went to the Yerevan municipality, and the rest to the Ministry of Environment of Armenia:
"Greening should be evaluated by real results, not by programs," she adds:
