PRESS RELEASE
Hayastan All-Armenian Fund
Governmental Buiding 3, Yerevan, RA
Contact: Lusine Mnatsakanyan
Tel: 3741 56 0106
Fax: 3741 52 15 05
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.himnadram. org
April 26, 2007
Artsakh Rebirth: Construction of the Hadrout Hospital, Schools, Gas and
Water Pipelines Started
Starting from 2007, the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund has been implementing
large-scale projects in Hadrout region of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic.
Tenders have been announced for construction of the Togh-Hadrout gas
pipeline, the Mets Taghlar-Azokh-Drakhtik water pipeline and the Hakaku
village school. Reconstruction of the Togh village school and the Hadrout
regional hospital are in a tender preparation stage.
The repair of the Hadrout potable water supply system is well underway. From
the Archi spring catchments a 21.8 km pipeline will deliver potable water to
the city of Hadrout. The city wells and the daily water distribution
reservoir will also be repaired. Also, the Ishkhanaket river water will be
treated and filtered in settler to insure gravity flow water distribution to
villages of Mets Taghlar, Azokh and Drakhtik. Thus, more than 2700 people
from three villages will have regular water supply.
Gas supply in the region will start with the construction of the
Togh-Hadrout gas pipeline. The about 21 km pipeline will supply gas to
villages of Jrakous, Hosher, Aknaghbyur, Kyuratagh, Ukhtadzor, Tsaghkavank,
Pletonts, Melikashen and Aygestan, and will later connect these villages to
the main gas network in the republic.
On funds raised during the 2006 telethon and on donations from the Fund’s
US-western region affiliate a school will be constructed for the Hakaku
village. 2006 telethon donations will be spent for construction and heating
of the Togh village school. It’s furnishing will be supported by the Fund’s
Argentina affiliate.
The Hadrout regional hospital project is of utmost importance when it comes
to healthcare in the region. The run-down hospital building will be
renovated, the hospital’s drinking and sewage pipelines, the roof and the
electric wiring will be repaired, a heating system will be installed.
Project C.U.R.E, in coordination with the US western region affiliate of the
Hayastan All-Armenian Fund will donate medical equipment to the Hadrout
regional hospital, which will be great support for the only regional
hospital that currently is in a deplorable state. The Fund’s US western
region affiliate has already donated three ambulances to the hospital. There
used to be one ambulance attending to 12 thousand people living in the
region. Another ambulance was donated to the Togh village health care center
by the Argentina affiliate of the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund.
Projects to help boost agriculture are also primary for the development of
the Hadrout region. Agricultural technologies have been already ordered.
Agricultural developmental projects in Hadrout region in Karabakh will be
implemented following the Mardakert agricultural project model.