DIRECTOR OF "YEREVANPROJECT" CLAIMS THAT PROJECT OF CONSTRUCTION ON GETAR RIVER HAS UNDERGONE EXPERT EXAMINATION
Noyan Tapan
Nov 9, 2007
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 9, NOYAN TAPAN. During the design of the
construction of the transport node at the intersection of Heratsi,
Koryun, Nalbandian and Charents Streets, the studies done by the
Armproject Institute in 1998-1999 (covering an area from Avan’s
regulatory basin to the Yerevan Flour Milling Plant) were taken as
raw data for moving the Getar River. During the studies, the state
of the river was examined in detail, with all possible outcomes
being calculated. The director of the Yerevanproject Institute Gurgen
Musheghian stated this at the November 8 press conference in response
to the statements about possible disastrous consequences, which some
environmental NGOs made the day before.
According to G. Musheghian, a canal to the Hrazdan River was dug at
the village of Mayakovski, which can carry all flow at this section of
the Getar to the Hrazdan River. Besides, a dam with the capacity to
store floods was built in the Avan-Arinj district. Another important
circumstance is that about 70-80% of the Getar’s drainage area
(70 square km) has been built up and planted with trees, which has
reduced the outflow of floods.
The director of Yerevanproject said that the Sevaberd canal will also
receive large amounts of water during floods.
He refuted the statements of environmental NGOs, according to which
the project of the construction on the Getar River has not undergone
an environmental expert examination, adding that the figures cited
by the chief hydrologist of Armhydroproject company do not correspont
to reality.