CONTRACT SIGNED BETWEEN MCA-ARMENIA AND ï~^"HAYJRNAKHAGITS INSTITUTEï~^" CJSC

armradio.am
14.09.2007 12:45

Millennium Challenge Account ï~^- Armenia announced the award of a
consulting contract to ï~^"Hayjrnakhagits Instituteï~^" CJSC for
the design and construction supervision of a project that will
rehabilitate six main irrigation canals (Artashat, Low Hrazdan,
Armavir, Talin, Arzni-Shamiram, Shirak) of the MCA-Armenia Irrigated
Agriculture Project Infrastructure Activity. The contract was signed
by MCA-Armenia CEO Ara Hovsepyan and ï~^"Hayjrnakhagits Instituteï~^"
Director Yuri Javadyan.

According to the contract, ï~^"Hayjrnakhagits Instituteï~^" should
develop preliminary designs for the six main canals and final designs
for ancillary structures, prepare two-phase bidding documents
for the construction firm that will carry out the rehabilitation
work, collect baseline data for an environmental and social impact
assessment and supervise construction activity during the canalsï~^’
rehabilitation stage.

In total, these six main canals serve around 120.000 hectares
of farmland which is more than half of area served by Water User
Associations.

The contract value is USD 1,500.000. The duration of work will be
46 months.

After the Soviet era, due to the lack of maintenance, irrigation
canals deteriorated. Water losses increased, which led to a worsening
of irrigation of thousands of hectares of land. MCA-Armeniaï~^’s
program will rehabilitate around 200 km of main canals which will
reduce water losses by up to 50%.

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