OVERFLOWING BEGAN

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12:55 pm 28 March, 2006

The rivulet Ghorghoba has seethed. Each year the rubbish of the
rivulet mixes with rain-water, thaw and flows into the adjacent
dwelling places and yards.

Each year about 15 houses on Poghosyan Street in the district
Poghpatavan in Gjumri face this problem. The rubbish of the rivulet
is added by the garbage taken from other places and as a result of it
the exit lines of the sewerage system to the river become blocked. A
cane field has formed in one of the yards because of the constant
overflowing. The housing conditions are also awful as both the floors
and the walls are completely destroyed.

Some of the house owners have moved to their relatives. If the main
problem of these months is the garbage and sewage the penetrating
into the houses, the stinking and mosquitoes are added to this during
the summer months. The inhabitants assure that they have turned to
the responsible bodies many times but so far their applications and
complaints haven’t been responded. They claim that the river-bed was
cleaned 2 years ago. By the way it has become narrower because of
the waste thrown by the inhabitants into the river and because of
the cottages built in the area.

The “Tsajg” TV channel of Gjumri