EcoLur
EcoLur Press will host the consultation of the Alliance of Public Environmental Organizations at 13:00 p.m. on 11 December. The agenda of the day includes governmental decisions bearing high risks.
1. The construction of roads, which will result in the elimination of 81% of orchards in Artashat and neighboring villages. The project is funded by the Asian Development Bank. As it turns out, a part of the project was discussed with the public, nevertheless, the latter has no idea about the part relating to the elimination of the orchards.
2. The bill on increasing the water outlets from Lake Sevan - 240 million cubic meters instead of the current 240 million. The ground for this decision is the improvement of the condition of Sev Jur River killed because of the illiterate (or maliciously poor) management of water resources in Ararat Valley. As it’s known, the Ministry has issued licenses for water usage in the Ararat valley, the total amount of which exceeds the resources by 1.5 times. And now the government has allotted funds to the same ministry for the liquidation of the wells, and on the other hand, it wants to increase the water outlets from Lake Sevan.
3. The draft of the government decision on breeding trout is in the process of development. Emmi Fruit Company has completed the pilot project and has provided its calculations to the ministry. The amount of the trout fed with the artificial forage is intended to bring to 50,000 tons. The amount of the artificial forage is also planned to make 50,000 tons per year. The Sevan Committee is “for”, they say they will control the forage not to pollute the lake, to give recommendations when and how to give the forage, to control the quality etc.
The committee will pay a special attention to the funds the company plans to donate to the Sevan fund – 23 billion AMD. What will be left from Lake Sevan, unless the business entities donate this sum and who will supervise the money, it’s not clear, but the committee is pleased, as so far no one has donated such an amount of money.
December 10, 2013 at 13:36