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Villagers of hail-stricken areas tried to close the road dissatisfied
>From deputy agriculture minister's visit
17:44 - 15.05.13
Residents of Mrgashat village of Armavir province the gardens of which
have been damaged by the strong hail on May 12 went to streets today
and tried to close Yerevan-Armavir highway being unsatisfied with the
visit of deputy minister of agriculture Garnik Petrosyan to their
village.
They claimed that the latter did not spoke about the clear
compensation of the damage.
The police did not allow the angry villagers to close the road.
At the same time the villagers of Armavir village went to streets too
and closed the road taking to the town of Armavir.
Speaking to Tert.am, governor of Mrgashat village Gevorg Danielyan
confirmed that the villagers did not close the road but were
dissatisfied with the proposal of the deputy minister of agriculture
who visited the village.
`The deputy minister did not come with a concrete proposal but to
register the amount of damage,' the village governor said, adding that
the villagers did not understand him properly. Danielyan said the
deputy minister did not tell anything just a commission was set up and
the amount of damage is being calculated.
Deputy minister Garnik Petrosyan told Tert.am that at the moment he is
calculating the amount of the damage.
`I am in Armavir now. I have come here with our specialists trying to
give advices. There are communities were the harvest has been damaged
by 100%, 50% not all communities have suffered 100% damage,' he said
stressing that no official information about damage may currently be
given. `I think the studies will be completed in 5-7 days,' he
stressed.
He said Mrgashat, Nor Armavir, Alashkert, Shenavan communities has
suffered the most.
`The grape gardens have been damaged by 100%,' he said, adding that
the claim that all the harvest in Armavir province has been damaged is
wrong.
The deputy minister said he listened to the complaining villagers, and
their main demand is the speedy calculation of damage and solution of
the issue.
`No one who suffered damage will be left out of the registration. The
heads of communities must display objective approach and present right
information,' he said.
Armenian News - Tert.am
>From deputy agriculture minister's visit
17:44 - 15.05.13
Residents of Mrgashat village of Armavir province the gardens of which
have been damaged by the strong hail on May 12 went to streets today
and tried to close Yerevan-Armavir highway being unsatisfied with the
visit of deputy minister of agriculture Garnik Petrosyan to their
village.
They claimed that the latter did not spoke about the clear
compensation of the damage.
The police did not allow the angry villagers to close the road.
At the same time the villagers of Armavir village went to streets too
and closed the road taking to the town of Armavir.
Speaking to Tert.am, governor of Mrgashat village Gevorg Danielyan
confirmed that the villagers did not close the road but were
dissatisfied with the proposal of the deputy minister of agriculture
who visited the village.
`The deputy minister did not come with a concrete proposal but to
register the amount of damage,' the village governor said, adding that
the villagers did not understand him properly. Danielyan said the
deputy minister did not tell anything just a commission was set up and
the amount of damage is being calculated.
Deputy minister Garnik Petrosyan told Tert.am that at the moment he is
calculating the amount of the damage.
`I am in Armavir now. I have come here with our specialists trying to
give advices. There are communities were the harvest has been damaged
by 100%, 50% not all communities have suffered 100% damage,' he said
stressing that no official information about damage may currently be
given. `I think the studies will be completed in 5-7 days,' he
stressed.
He said Mrgashat, Nor Armavir, Alashkert, Shenavan communities has
suffered the most.
`The grape gardens have been damaged by 100%,' he said, adding that
the claim that all the harvest in Armavir province has been damaged is
wrong.
The deputy minister said he listened to the complaining villagers, and
their main demand is the speedy calculation of damage and solution of
the issue.
`No one who suffered damage will be left out of the registration. The
heads of communities must display objective approach and present right
information,' he said.
Armenian News - Tert.am