SUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF WATER STORED IN RESERVOIRS OF ARMENIA
YEREVAN, JUNE 30, NOYAN TAPAN. A sufficient amount of water has been
stored in Armenia’s reservoirs and there is no lack of irrigation
water. The chairman of the State Water Industry Committee of the RA
Ministry of Territotrial Governanace Andranik Andreasian said at the
June 29 press conference that negotiations on continuing the program of
internal irrigation networks’ repairs were conducted with the World
Bank that has agreed to allocate a credit of 5 million dollars.
According to him, 108 million dollars will be invested for repairs and
restoration of irrigation systems under the Millennium Callenge
Program. Eight reservoirs will also be constructed under this program.
A. Andreasian said that it is envisaged to take a 10 million-dollar
credit from the Abu Dhabi Development Fund (UAE) in order to remove
serious defects in some sections of the Arpa-Sevan tunnel. However, in
his words, a total of 25 million dollars is needed for this work.