YEREVAN, MAY 25, ARMENPRESS. The Armenian government will focus on the Clean Armenia program and will propose the introduction of specialized waste disposal sanitary inspection agencies in communities, PM Karapetyan said during the Cabinet meeting.

The PM said the Clean Armenia action plan’s inter-agency commission submitted several proposals on waste management and sanitary cleaning.

“We are going to strictly follow this program and it will be continuous. We specifically suggest to introduce the institution of waste disposal sanitary inspectors in communities. By yearend we plan to put forward a legislative initiative regarding a special legal act on regulating the waste management and sanitary cleaning sector”, he said.

The PM tasked the acting minister of territorial administration and development to submit proposals within two weeks on introducing a special unit of administrative liability and fines for waste disposal in undesignated areas.

The minister was also tasked with presenting suggestions on improving the operations of troubled landfills and other issues relating to the proper implementation of waste management.