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ARMENIA TO TOUGHEN PENALTIES FOR INEFFICIENT USE OF WATER RESOURCES
by Karina Manukyan
ARMINFO
Thursday, September 12, 21:37
On September 12, the National Assembly of Armenia introduced amendments
in the Code of Administrative Violations in the first reading.
Armenian Minister of Nature Protection Aram Haroutyunyan said that
the document aims to enhance the efficiency of the use of water
resources and to prevent violations. The individuals violating the
service rules will pay a penalty 100 times as much as their wages
(instead of the current penalty, which is 80 times as much as their
wages), and officials will pay a penalty 300 times as much their
wages (instead of the current penalty which is 150 times as much as
their wages). As soon as the amendments are adopted, nearly 1,000
artesian boreholes in Ararat Valley will be decommissioned and this
will lead to more effective use of the surface water resources. The
settlement of this problem needs financial resources, part of which
will be raised due to the toughened penalties. For this purpose,
a special Fund will be set up at the Finance Ministry.
Since 2009, the Ministry has been conducting a monitoring on efficient
use of water resources. Nearly 30 cases are annually submitted to
the law-enforcement structures.
by Karina Manukyan
ARMINFO
Thursday, September 12, 21:37
On September 12, the National Assembly of Armenia introduced amendments
in the Code of Administrative Violations in the first reading.
Armenian Minister of Nature Protection Aram Haroutyunyan said that
the document aims to enhance the efficiency of the use of water
resources and to prevent violations. The individuals violating the
service rules will pay a penalty 100 times as much as their wages
(instead of the current penalty, which is 80 times as much as their
wages), and officials will pay a penalty 300 times as much their
wages (instead of the current penalty which is 150 times as much as
their wages). As soon as the amendments are adopted, nearly 1,000
artesian boreholes in Ararat Valley will be decommissioned and this
will lead to more effective use of the surface water resources. The
settlement of this problem needs financial resources, part of which
will be raised due to the toughened penalties. For this purpose,
a special Fund will be set up at the Finance Ministry.
Since 2009, the Ministry has been conducting a monitoring on efficient
use of water resources. Nearly 30 cases are annually submitted to
the law-enforcement structures.