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.
