ArmInfo. Governor of Syunik region Robert Ghukasyan is not familiar with the details of the residential house construction project in Shurnukh village (Goris community), where in 2021, more than 10 families were deprived of their housing, which came under the control of Azerbaijan. He stated on March 28 during a briefing with journalists.
Ghukasyan asked for details to contact the Urban Development Committee, which is the customer of the project. In response to journalists' remark that he is the governor of the region and should know why couldn't the government build just 10 houses in 3 years, Ghukasyan noted that in addition to Shurnukh, numerous other construction projects are being carried out in the country.
Initially, the construction of residential houses in Shurnukh was supposed to be completed by the end of 2021. On November 25, 2021, at the government meeting, Armen Gularyan, then chairman of the Urban Development Committee of Armenia, said that the construction of residential buildings continues in Shurnukh. "There were some problems, but now the construction is going on in full swing. We were there on Saturday, work is underway. We hope that, in accordance with the deadlines specified in the contract, that is, in the first half of 2022, the construction of the residential area will be fully completed," he assured. The government allocated 1 billion 192 million drams to implement the program. Of these, only 17.8 million drams have not been spent by the end of 2023. Already on March 7, 2024, the Armenian government decided to allocate additional funds for the construction of residential houses in Shurnukh in the amount of 108.5 million drams. Thus, the total amount of government funding will be about 1.3 billion drams, additional construction work is planned to be completed by April 1, 2024.
