ArmInfo. Prime Minister of Armenia Karen Karapetyan held a meeting with the regional leadership during the working visit to Tavush region, during which he focused on the implementation of community development programs, problems on garbage collection. Karapetyan, first of all, drew attention to the community's own incomes and low level of fees for garbage collection:
"The tariffs we are talking about are not an additional or irresistible burden for our citizens. So, here there is ineffective management. You do not incur any burden, and do not set tariffs. But you constantly ask for money from the republican budget. We clearly stated that subsidizing each of the communities will be carried out according to the following principle: not the most miserable, but the one who is engaged in the business, takes upon itself the burden will be supported." The head of the government instructed the governor to cooperate with interested agencies and in the shortest possible time to provide an analysis of the income of each community and the expected amount for garbage disposal.
In his turn, the governor of the region Hovik Abovyan reported that the revenues of the communities of the Tavush region are about 921.3 million AMD. By the end of the year, revenues are expected to grow through the conclusion of new agreements on garbage disposal and the construction of a community market in the city of Noyemberyan. According to him, all 40 communities in the region have development programs for 5 years.
