EcoLur
The branch line of drinking water of Stepanavan – Noyemberyan will be extended to Teghout and Shnogh Villages. Teghout Administraton Head Harutyun Meliksetyan informed about this to EcoLur. Under him, all the work on concluding the contract with “ArmWaterCanal” CJSC have been finished and construction processes will begin in May 2010. “ArmWaterCanal” CJSC will only conduct a water pipeline, while the communities will have to do the internal work. The communities started to experience problems with water after the start of the Teghout project implementation and in its frames the local riverbed is to be changed. So far Teghout and Shnogh villagers have used the water of neighboring mountain Rivers flowing by gravity and the villagers didn’t pay for it. “It’s much better to have water you have to pay for than to have none at all,” – Harutyun Meliksetyan said.
Reminder: in 2006 Ex Governor of Lori Region Henrik Kochinyan raised this issue. His brother heads the administration of another community located under the impact of Teghout project, Shnogh Village. During the project discussion on 12 December 2006 in the Aarhus Office in Vanadzor Kochinyan expressed his concerns that the project implementation territory is water-short, water supply of local residents is worth careful consideration. In reply, ACP Company (a part of Group Company) representatives promised him that all his proposals will be considered and taken into account.
March 18, 2010