THE ROAD TO SCHOOL
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[12:37 pm] 12 February, 2007
The pupils and teachers of village Poqr Ayrum have to walk a long
way every day in order toe reach school.
The problem is that Mets Ayrum and Poqr Ayrum are considered one
village, as they have one district municipality, one school, one
kindergarten and one hospital which are all located in Mets Ayrum. But
the distance between the villages is three kilometers.
The greatest problem of the village is the absence of transport. There
is only one railway, Alaverdi-Chochkan, which passes by Poqr Ayrum. But
the morning bass passes through the route Chochkan- Mets Ayrum-
Poqr Ayrum. This problem has existed for the last 5-6 years.
The issue has often been raised during the elections of local governing
bodies. Head of the village Papik Aroushanyan who was elected in 2006
promised to solve the problem as soon as possible.
He made an agreement with a driver of a route taxi.
The village municipality allotted 30 thousand AMD monthly. For that
sum, the teachers and pupils of Poqr Ayrum are allotted a route
taxi every morning in order to get to school. Nevertheless, in the
afternoon they have to solve the problem of getting home on their own.