IMPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAMS OF 12 BLN DRAMS TO BE IN CENTER OF
ATTENTION OF RA PRIME MINISTER

YEREVAN, August 11 (Noyan Tapan). The process of the fulfillment of
the instructions given by RA Prime Minister Andranik Margarian during
the previous consultation within the framework of the application of
the RA law “On the Introduction of Amendments in the RA Law “On 2004
State Budget” was discussed during the August 10 consultation held at
the RA Prime Minister. According to the RA government’s press service,
during the June 16 consultation the RA Prime Minister mentioned that
the implementation of programs planned at the expense of 12 bln drams
and approved on the basis of the amendments proposed by the government
will be permanently in the center of the attention of the RA Prime
Minister. He especially stressed the importance of quick and
qualitative carrying out of all the work. The Ministers of
Agriculture, Transport and Communication, the Chairman of the State
Water Committee have already presented reports on the carried out
work. Estimating, in general, the presented results as satisfactory,
the RA Prime Minister gave instructions on the improvement of the
quality of some work on road construction and asphalting. The RA
Minister of Urban Development, the Yerevan Mayor and the Heads of the
regional administrations of the republic presented the process of the
work carried out at the expense of the above-mentioned 12 bln drams,
in particular, the work directed at the construction and overhaul of
the entities of education. According to these reports, the RA Ministry
of Urban Development mainly carries out the work on the holding of
tenders and on the conclusion of agreements in satisfactory rates: in
the regions and Yerevan, the Governor’s Offices of Armavir, Ararat,
Lori, Kotayk, Shirak, Vayots Dzor and Tavush. The Governors of
Armavir, Shirak and Vayots Dzor reported that the majority of work on
construction and overhaul of schools has already started in their
regions. It was mentioned that repeated tenders were announced for the
repairs of some buildings of schools. In the Shirak region it was
decided to start the construction of a new building of the school in
2005 instead of the unexpedient repairs of a school in the village of
Vardakar. The Yerevan Mayor’s Office, the regional administrations of
Syunik, Gegharkunik and Aragatsotn haven’t held tenders for
construction and repairs of schools yet. The official registration of
planning-estimate documents draws to an end here. During the period
under review the RA Prime Minister estimated their work as
satisfactory. Andranik Margarian instructed the heads of the
Ministries and Departments, as well as the Governors to pay more
attention to the process of the official registration of documents for
the holding of tenders, to the qualitative carrying out of the work in
the speeded up regime in order to put the education entities into
operation in set terms. The RA Prime Minister once again mentioned
that such consultations will be held periodically till the end of this
year with the purpose of consideration of the already carried out work
and the problems of the next stage.