Rats in Village’s Drinking Water

EcoLur

Bardzruni village is one of the border villages in Vayots Dzor Region. It borders Turkey and has only one road to the region through its neighboring Sers Village. The height of the village used to be estimated 2001 meters and the villagers used to receive premium in the amount of 20% of their salaries. But several years ago somebody reached a decision that the height of the village should be below 2000 meters, and now the height of the village is 1960 meters, so the villagers don’t receive any premium.

The roads in the villages are also in poor state. “Nobody wants to go to the village, as they can’t realize agricultural products,” said History teacher Fahrad Avagyan in his interview with EcoLur. During the campaign of presidential elections Bardzruni Village Head Gagik Gevorgyan raised a question whether it was not possible to take any measures to asphalt the village road. The Armenian President replied, “All measures are directed at the construction of North-South road corridor: now I can solve any other problem.”

The village also experiences problems with drinking and irrigation water. “The drinking water also has rats and other rodent detected inside…The water reservoir located above upwards the village is in disastrous state…Water lines should be changed…The administration have been presented these problems many times, but no solution have been received so far…” the villagers complain.

Village Head Gagik Gevorgyan said, “The only thing the village can hope for is laying five-kilometer-long aqueduct, and this question is raised before the president and the latter promised to solve this question in the upcoming year,” the village head said.

In 1930’s the village had population of 1200, but nowadays it has only 436 villagers, and the number is gradually reducing year after year.

October 22, 2013 at 13:23