Vodkhoz of Armenia halted construction work carried out by the  Artashat water users association

ArmInfo.The State Committee for Water Management of Armenia has suspended the construction work of the irrigation network carried out by the Artashat Water Users  Society due to the low quality of work.The press service of the  ministry reminds that the State Control Service on behalf of the RA  Prime Minister in October-November of this year. conducted studies on  the territory of the water users society "Artashat".

The monitoring group, together with representatives of the State Committee for Water  Management, visited the sites under the jurisdiction of the companies  - Burastan, Baghramyan, Kanachut and Azatavan, where the overhaul  from the state was carried out.  According to the agreement between  the water user and the State Committee, the works for the amount of  59.379.000 drams should be carried out for these purposes by June 13,  2018. As an advance, on October 10, the company received 40% of the  amount from the state - in the amount of 23,836,000. In the course of  the audit, the state authorities tried to understand how targeted and  efficiently state funds are spent.In the course of the monitoring,  obvious omissions were revealed. In some cases, the work was carried  out with special haste, which gave even more reasons to doubt their  quality. 

Omissions were recorded by the appropriate service of the State  Control and Water Management Agency of Armenia. "It is noteworthy  that after they were ordered to stop construction work on the basis  of a signal from the State Control, the company continued to work,  trying to leave traces of obviously poor-quality construction work  under the ground," the statement said. These gaps, as noted, during  the operation of a water utility can lead to certain problems,  including the earliest possible decommissioning of the canal. In  addition, many questions arose regarding the legality of the work.  Meanwhile, the management of the company - water users "Artashat"  could not argue their arguments and explain the identified  gaps.Earlier, the head of the control service of Armenia, David  Sanasaryan, on his Facebook page wrote that the service will soon  present new high-profile facts about major abuses in the Artashat  water farm. In a conversation with journalists, the head of the State  Control Service David Sanasaryan said that former Armenian Premier  Hovik Abrahamyan could be charged with illegal water use. "A case on  illegal water use has been initiated, connected with the gardens  owned by former Armenian Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan, his brother  and members of their families," Sanasaryan said. He noted that the  irrigation of 30 hectares of gardens for 15 years was carried out  illegally. "We are talking about a damage of 10 million drams per  year and this is considered to be a large-scale damage, but we  believe that we can talk about larger amounts if we offer to study  the situation in the sphere over the past 14 years," said Sanasaryan  . 

It was reported that, in particular, it was illegal irrigation for 15  years of vineyards and greenhouses in the village of Mkhchyan owned  by the Artashat Vinkom company, owned by former Prime Minister Hovik  Abrahamyan and his family. In response, the director of the Artashat  Vinkom company, Tserun Virabyan, stated that they had never carried  out illegal irrigation. He noted that the company is ready to create  conditions for the implementation of relevant checks. "The  disseminated information is not true. This is an attempt to harm our  business reputation, as well as a violation of the presumption of  innocence," concluded Virabyan.