RESTORATION OF YEREVAN LAKE STRONGHOLD TO BE FINISHED THIS MONTH
Noyan Tapan
Jul 03 2007
YEREVAN, JULY 3, NOYAN TAPAN. Restoration of Yerevan Lake’s stronghold
will finish this month. The restoration is carried out within the
framework of the second credit program of Irrigation Strongholds’
Safety financed by the World Bank. As Noyan Tapan correspondent was
informed at the RA State Committee of Water Economy, the stronghold’s
decayed concrete, hydroknot’s mechanical devices, electric devices’
electricity supply will be restored with 77 mln 363 thousand drams
(nearly 221 thousand USD). Measuring and checking devices will be also
placed. The construction is carried out by the HPP Building company.
It should be mentioned that Yerevan Lake’s stronghold was built on
the Hrazdan river in 1996, its total capacity is 5 mln cubic meters,
maximum height is 30 meters.