FORTY FIVE DRIVERS FIRED BECAUSE OF SMOKING

Forty-five mini bus drivers have been sacked in the course of this year because of smoking. Citizens have made about 350 calls at hot line 39-16-53 announced by municipality. All drivers were punished, Karen Yedigaryan, Director of Yerevantrans, told a briefing today.

In his words, drivers who are dismissed for smoking cannot work in the same field. As the first warning, drivers are notified followed by a fine of 25,000 drams and a dismissal.