TEGHOUT AND SHNOGH LOST THEIR OWN FREE WATER, INSTEAD THEY TO GET OTHER PAID WATER

ArmInfo
2010-03-19 14:35:00

ArmInfo. The branch line of drinking water of Stepanavan – Noyemberyan
will be extended to Teghout and Shnogh Villages. Teghout Administraton
Head Harutyun Meliksetyan informed about this to EcoLur.

Under him, all the work on concluding the contract with "ArmWaterCanal"
CJSC have been finished and construction processes will begin in May
2010. "ArmWaterCanal" CJSC will only conduct a water pipeline, while
the communities will have to do the internal work. The communities
started to experience problems with water after the start of the
Teghout project implementation and in its frames the local riverbed
is to be changed.

So far Teghout and Shnogh villagers have used the water of neighboring
mountain Rivers flowing by gravity and the villagers didn’t pay for
it. "It’s much better to have water you have to pay for than to have
none at all," – Harutyun Meliksetyan said.

Reminder: in 2006 Ex Governor of Lori Region Henrik Kochinyan raised
this issue. His brother heads the administration of another community
located under the impact of Teghout project, Shnogh Village. During the
project discussion on 12 December 2006 in the Aarhus Office in Vanadzor
Kochinyan expressed his concerns that the project implementation
territory is water-short, water supply of local residents is worth
careful consideration. In reply, ACP Company (a part of Group Company)
representatives promised him that all his proposals will be considered
and taken into account.