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15.04.2012 `Affordable For Those Who Are Not Aware How the Average
Citizen Will Survive the Whole Winter.'
http://karabakh-open.info/en/subjecten/2238-en460
Thursday, 01 November 2012 13:05
Winter is at the door, so people are getting anxious about the
question how they will heat their flats this time. Many people have
begun preparatory activities, the others not yet.
84-year-old Shura Gasparyan is one of those who have to use wood for
heating the flat. `At least 60 thousand drams is needed for gas
heating per one month in winter whereas with this sum I can buy wood
for the three winter months with the square metre of it sold for 7 or
8 thousand drams. I will buy wood to avoid any additional expenses, we
shall prepare dinner on the stove and will have the tea pot always hot
on it, besides, the house will always be warm,' the old man explains
his decision in this way.
Yet there are people who are going to continue to make use of gas
heating, 62-year-old Vladimir Abrahamyan is one of them. He admits,
`Though gas is expensive it is the only way to maintain room
temperature in the flat. I do not expect any increase of salary, so if
the price on gas rises again I will have to get in debts to make our
living'.
For many people electrical energy is the only alternative for heating.
This year Arlena Simonyan also is going to heat her flat with
electrical energy. `It is impossible for a person living on an average
salary to pay for gas heating during three months. The electrical
energy is both safe and affordable, though nowadays affordability is
quite a relative concept. Everything is affordable for those who are
not aware how the average citizen will survive the whole winter with
the 30 thousands drams he gets monthly'.
Most of the pollees have been heating their flats with electrical
energy for years. Many of them took to this method because of the
increase of the tariff on gas. `It is not convenient to use wood in
our conditions, we have repaired our flat recently and do not want to
return to the old times of smoke, grey ceiling, etc,' 57-year-old Aida
says.
55-year-old Armida prefers gas heating but because of the low salary
and the daily increase of prices on goods they cannot afford such
`luxury', so they will have to pass to electrical energy heating.
The above mentioned opinions imply how Stepanakert citizens are going
to heat their flats, what problems they face and why they prefer
electrical energy and wood to gas heating. And those who have decided
to apply gas heating state that they have no guarantee that the price
on gas will not rise again.
Citizen Will Survive the Whole Winter.'
http://karabakh-open.info/en/subjecten/2238-en460
Thursday, 01 November 2012 13:05
Winter is at the door, so people are getting anxious about the
question how they will heat their flats this time. Many people have
begun preparatory activities, the others not yet.
84-year-old Shura Gasparyan is one of those who have to use wood for
heating the flat. `At least 60 thousand drams is needed for gas
heating per one month in winter whereas with this sum I can buy wood
for the three winter months with the square metre of it sold for 7 or
8 thousand drams. I will buy wood to avoid any additional expenses, we
shall prepare dinner on the stove and will have the tea pot always hot
on it, besides, the house will always be warm,' the old man explains
his decision in this way.
Yet there are people who are going to continue to make use of gas
heating, 62-year-old Vladimir Abrahamyan is one of them. He admits,
`Though gas is expensive it is the only way to maintain room
temperature in the flat. I do not expect any increase of salary, so if
the price on gas rises again I will have to get in debts to make our
living'.
For many people electrical energy is the only alternative for heating.
This year Arlena Simonyan also is going to heat her flat with
electrical energy. `It is impossible for a person living on an average
salary to pay for gas heating during three months. The electrical
energy is both safe and affordable, though nowadays affordability is
quite a relative concept. Everything is affordable for those who are
not aware how the average citizen will survive the whole winter with
the 30 thousands drams he gets monthly'.
Most of the pollees have been heating their flats with electrical
energy for years. Many of them took to this method because of the
increase of the tariff on gas. `It is not convenient to use wood in
our conditions, we have repaired our flat recently and do not want to
return to the old times of smoke, grey ceiling, etc,' 57-year-old Aida
says.
55-year-old Armida prefers gas heating but because of the low salary
and the daily increase of prices on goods they cannot afford such
`luxury', so they will have to pass to electrical energy heating.
The above mentioned opinions imply how Stepanakert citizens are going
to heat their flats, what problems they face and why they prefer
electrical energy and wood to gas heating. And those who have decided
to apply gas heating state that they have no guarantee that the price
on gas will not rise again.