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MINISTER: CONSTRUCTIONS SURROUNDING LAKE SEVAN IN ARMENIA TO BE DISMANTLED WITHIN ONE MONTH
ARKA
October 20, 2010
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, October 20. /ARKA/. Constructions on the shore of Lake Sevan
in Gegharkunik province will be dismantled within 1 or 1.5 months,
Armenian Nature Protection Minister Aram Harutyunyan said on Wednesday.
He told journalists that the necessity to dismantle the constructions
had been prompted by unprecedented rise of the lake water's level,
which has risen 78 centimeters since the beginning of this year to
1901.1 meters flooding in coastal roads, buildings and forests.
In 2009, the commission dealing with Sevan-related problems submitted a
$119-million project to the president proposing 50 steps to be taken
to put things right.
Harutyunyan said he had instructed appropriate organizations to
dismantle all 30 constructions surrounding the lake.
Ten of them are already dismantled, and two are being dismantled now.
The minister said that master-class vehicles would come to Armenia
this week to clean coastal areas.
Sevan is one of the largest mountainous lakes in Europe and Asia. It
sits in the middle of Armenian Highland at an altitude of 1914 meters.
The lake's water surface is 1,500 square kilometers.
Sevan is the main resource of drinking water in the region.
From: A. Papazian
ARKA
October 20, 2010
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, October 20. /ARKA/. Constructions on the shore of Lake Sevan
in Gegharkunik province will be dismantled within 1 or 1.5 months,
Armenian Nature Protection Minister Aram Harutyunyan said on Wednesday.
He told journalists that the necessity to dismantle the constructions
had been prompted by unprecedented rise of the lake water's level,
which has risen 78 centimeters since the beginning of this year to
1901.1 meters flooding in coastal roads, buildings and forests.
In 2009, the commission dealing with Sevan-related problems submitted a
$119-million project to the president proposing 50 steps to be taken
to put things right.
Harutyunyan said he had instructed appropriate organizations to
dismantle all 30 constructions surrounding the lake.
Ten of them are already dismantled, and two are being dismantled now.
The minister said that master-class vehicles would come to Armenia
this week to clean coastal areas.
Sevan is one of the largest mountainous lakes in Europe and Asia. It
sits in the middle of Armenian Highland at an altitude of 1914 meters.
The lake's water surface is 1,500 square kilometers.
Sevan is the main resource of drinking water in the region.
From: A. Papazian