HAYASTAN FUND PROJECT TO PROVIDE POTABLE WATER TO THREE MORE VILLAGES IN HADRUT

LRAGIR.AM
18:54:30 – 07/04/2009

The Hayastan All Armenian Fund has begun construction of a major
water-supply project in Artsakh’s Hadrut Region. Co-sponsored by
the fund’s French affiliate and the government of Nagorno Karabakh,
the initiative will provide potable-water service to three villages:
Metz Taghlar, Azokh, and Drakhtik.

Slated to be completed by the end of 2009, the project includes
water-intake and treatment facilities, which will be built on the shore
of the Ishkhanaget River, as well as a 22-kilometer water pipeline. In
addition, each of the three villages will have a reservoir and an
internal distribution network.

Metz Taghlar, Azokh, and Drakhtik – which are home to some 2,750
residents – are located on the highlands of Hadrut, one of Artsakh’s
most mountainous regions. Residents of the three villages agree
unanimously that the future vibrancy of their communities depends on
a permanent solution to the water issue. That solution is now close at
hand, thanks to the project launched by the Hayastan All Armenian Fund.