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ELECTRO SUPPLY PARTIALLY RESTORED IN KARABAKH
DeFacto Agency
March 25 2008
Armenia
YEREVAN, 25.03.08. DE FACTO. Strong wind that rose in the
Nagorno-Karabakh in the afternoon, March 22, and continued until
the morning, March 23, has caused serious damage to the Republic's
settlements: the houses' roofs have been blown off, electro wires
torn off, gas pipe lines destroyed, trees and tombstones fallen.
The roofs of about 30 houses have been completely blown off; the
roofing of actually all houses injured, Azat Artsakh newspaper
reports. The wind also destroyed houses in some villages. In
Stepanakert 10 people have been injured, two more people have been
injured in the towns of Hadrut and Martuni. In connection with the
state of emergency created as a result of the wind, the NKR President
Bako Sahakian issued a decree on the establishment of headquarters
headed by the NKR PM Ara Harutyunian for the elimination of the
natural calamity's consequences. According to the data of the evening,
March 23, electro supply was restored in the half of Stepanakert and
regional centers. First electro supply was restored in the objects
of health care and bakeries. The rescue service is supported by the
NKR Defense Army's servicemen. According to the government's head
Ara Harutyunian, the citizens will be given building materials to
restore what has been destroyed, while the most suffered multistory
buildings will be subject to major repairs. "The damage is big. It
is the first time we have found ourselves in such a situation after
the war and we have not been quite ready for that", the PM noted.
DeFacto Agency
March 25 2008
Armenia
YEREVAN, 25.03.08. DE FACTO. Strong wind that rose in the
Nagorno-Karabakh in the afternoon, March 22, and continued until
the morning, March 23, has caused serious damage to the Republic's
settlements: the houses' roofs have been blown off, electro wires
torn off, gas pipe lines destroyed, trees and tombstones fallen.
The roofs of about 30 houses have been completely blown off; the
roofing of actually all houses injured, Azat Artsakh newspaper
reports. The wind also destroyed houses in some villages. In
Stepanakert 10 people have been injured, two more people have been
injured in the towns of Hadrut and Martuni. In connection with the
state of emergency created as a result of the wind, the NKR President
Bako Sahakian issued a decree on the establishment of headquarters
headed by the NKR PM Ara Harutyunian for the elimination of the
natural calamity's consequences. According to the data of the evening,
March 23, electro supply was restored in the half of Stepanakert and
regional centers. First electro supply was restored in the objects
of health care and bakeries. The rescue service is supported by the
NKR Defense Army's servicemen. According to the government's head
Ara Harutyunian, the citizens will be given building materials to
restore what has been destroyed, while the most suffered multistory
buildings will be subject to major repairs. "The damage is big. It
is the first time we have found ourselves in such a situation after
the war and we have not been quite ready for that", the PM noted.