 Investments in water supply system to reach some $ 20 million in 2010 March 25, 2010 - 16:43 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Investments in water supply system will reach some 20 million USD in 2010, Patrick Lorin, General Director of Armenian Water Sewerage Company (AWSC) told reporters during a joint visit with Ahmed Eiweida,World Bank regional infrastructures projects coordinator, to the city of Charentsavan (Kotayk region). According to him, in the city of Charentsavan, thanks to the reconstruction, daily water supply increased from 6 to 20.3 hours. "e have improved the quality of water by chlorination, before the reconstruction of the system, it was not chlorinated,'' he said. He said the company plans to install more energy efficient pumps. In turn Ahmed Eiweida added that Charentsavan is one of eight cities where the World Bank invests its funds under this program. According to him soon in Hrazdan a very large program will be launched and water-pumping station and 120 km of water networks wll be reconstructed. The World Bank-supported Municipal Water and Wastewater Project will be completed in December of 2011. It embraces 300 communities. The total budget of the project is 43 million USD.   Top stories Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”. Armenia will loan 2.9 billion drams to Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), according to a draft government decision. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has “strongly condemned” Armenia’s decision. Kerobyan has said that for the first time in the history of Armenia, the volume of foreign direct investments amounted to about $1 billion.   Partner news |  Latest news Turkey extends military presence in Azerbaijan  The Turkish parliament has adopted a bill submitted by Recep Tayyip Erdogan to extend the mandate of Turkish troops.Russia to begin assessing migrant workers' speaking skills Rosobrnadzor is planning to change the Russian language exam for migrant workers and include an assessment of speaking skillsArmenian, Saudi Foreign Minister meet in Riyadh The two commended the positive dynamics of the development of political dialogue between Armenia and Saudi ArabiaPashinyan: Azerbaijan’s proximity shouldn’t worry border residents At the same time, he said that he “does not guarantee [the security of villagers] one hundred percent”. |
