Friday 31 August 2007

ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT TO ALLOCATE AMD 9.3BLN TO SUPPORT COUNTRY'S REGIONS


YEREVAN, August 9. /ARKA/. By the end of 2007, Armenia's Government will allocate AMD 9.3bln to solve priority issues of the country's regions, said Deputy Minister of Finance and Economy Pavel Safaryan. He said that regional administrations presented the list of the priority issues to this sum to the Government.
"The administrations treat as priority work rehabilitation of roofs of houses, gas supply, water communication, school repair. According to the order of Prime Minister Serge Sargsyan by the end of 2007 the work on support of local communities should be finished," he said.
Safaryan said that to organize project-accounting work on support program, Tuesday, Armenia's Government allocated AMD 300mln to the Ministry of Urban Development.
During a month, project-accounting work will be conducted in all the objects to be rehabilitated, precise calculation of costs will be made, only then construction work will start.
"At the average, from AMD 800mln to AMD 1.2bln will be allocated for rehabilitation work in one region. Maximum finances will be allocated for the work in Gegharkunik and Syunik regions of the country," he said. ($1 - AMD 337.21).

1 comment:

Seta said...

...This is promising news; let’s hope that some of the money goes to the front line Village of Yeghvart where I have returned from. We owe it to the young men of the village and ALL THE families who gave their lives to the border war with Azerbaijan in the early nineties when the villagers were fighting to keep their families safe and the land, ARMENIAN! The qughabed, [village Mayor] has written to the Government and waits for monetary relief, planned for the duration of his term in office. The village is in desperate need of amenities, with no infrastructure, they are desperate for water to be supplied. At this time the drinking water is collected from a spring in containers then carried to their homes…this spring water runs inches from cattle free to drink from it, to quench their thirst in the baking sun during the day. The fight for independence has left the people tired, no wonder then that they look for some outside aid to inject the villagers with renewed hope and much needed basic human needs, ‘WATER.’