07/06/2014 12:46
Hraparak: Construction grows as building material production falls
“Believe it or not, but construction volumes in Armenia have grown by 0.1%, while production of building materials have declined by at least 10%, in some cases even by 40-70%,” ‘Hraparak’ paper writes.
“So the Soviet-era ‘good tradition’ of saving on building materials is back again. That tradition turned the 1988 devastating earthquake into a national tragedy,” the paper notes.