ALLOCATIONS DO NOT SUFFICE TO TAKE APPROPRIATE MEASURES AGAINST FLOODING IN KOTAYK MARZ
Noyan Tapan
May 18 2006
HRAZDAN, MAY 18, NOYAN TAPAN. The danger of floods in Kotayk marz
is mainly conditioned by a rise in the level of the Hrazdan River,
as a result of which the communities and sowing areas near the river
regularly suffer. This year the Armenian government allocated 16
mln drams (about 35.5 thousand USD) for the purpose of taking the
appropriate measures against flooding. Out of the indicated sum,
440 thousand drams is envisaged for design and research work, and
15.56 mln drams – for capital repairs. However, according to experts,
250-300 mln drams is needed to implement efficient preventive work. The
cleaning of the Hrazdan river bed and flood water disposal pipes,
as well as some urgent work on protection of the river banks was
done with the allocated sum. To recap, over the past few years,
funds were allocated only for elimination of the consequences of
floods and compensation of the damage done to farms.