Thursday, November 2 2023 17:42

ArmInfo. In 2024, work will continue to clean up the areas adjacent to Lake Sevan. RA Minister of  Environment Hakob Simidyan stated on November 2 during parliamentary discussions on the draft state budget of Armenia.

According to him, about 203 hectares of territory will have to be  cleared next year. The customer of this program will be the Sevan  National Park, and the contractor will be identified based on the  results of a tender, which is planned to be announced in the near  future. In total, 98 million drams will be allocated from the state  budget for the implementation of the project. If the Park does not  meet the project implementation deadlines, a new tender will be  announced. The minister emphasized that tenders are held in  accordance with lots approved by the department. This year alone,  competitions worth about 200 million drams were organized, but due to  the lack of participants, the work was not completed. In general, the  minister continued, by 2026 it is necessary to clean up an area of  800 hectares.

Work will also be carried out to increase the whitefish population,  for which the state budget provides an amount of 15 million drams.