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UNDP AND USAID TO HELP VILLAGE IN TAVUSH PROVINCE

YEREVAN, JANUARY 5, ARMENPRESS: In spring of 2007
the UNDP and the USAID will invest about $2 million in
a remote village of Sarigyugh in the northeastern
province of Tavush to restore its 3 km-long drinking
water and waste water systems and to build a 13
km-long gravity irrigation system that will take water
from the Kirants River.
The new irrigation system will also take water to
two neighboring villages of Kirants and Sevkar.
Part of this money will be used for repair and
furnishing of a kindergarten for 150 children. The
local community will input 10 percent of the cost of
all projects.
Aramazd Dalamkarian from the UNDP said these
projects had been discussed with residents of the
village and regional authorities, who defined the
priorities.
The village of Sarigyugh is located 20 off the town
of Ijevan, which is the regional administrative center
and has 1,341 people. The village is rich in basalt
and agate mines and has a 16 century church.