A new irrigation system improves lives in Armenia's Dovegh communityJuly 11, 2018 - 16:10 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The village of Dovegh in Armenia's Tavush province shares a 15km-long border with Azerbaijan. The problems of infrastructure, which further deteriorated in the years following the collapse of the Soviet Union, did not go past Dovegh community. The water from the nearest woods was once used for irrigation purposes, but the threat of direct shelling has forced the villagers to suspend agricultural works on the territory of the settlement. The only solution to the problem of security in the community was to make the lands adjacent to the houses irrigable, which was a serious issue due to the lack of financial means necessary for the creation of a new water system. With the support of mindful individuals the issue has been solved after 30 years. AMD 19,5 million has been invested into the construction of irrigation network that will provide water to the land lots adjacent to the houses of the villagers. Construction works are implemented by Dovegh Foundation. The new system pumps the water from the woods to the pumping station under required pressure through a closed piping; this has required building 850 m long pipeline. The three subsequent stages have involved the internal network of irrigation, which has required around 5 km of piping. The efforts have helped solve two problems by securing safety for agricultural works in the fields, and by creating opportunities for people to get use of the land lots adjacent to their houses. The program has been successful also in terms of creating two jobs at the pump station. The opening event was attended by financial supporters of the program, General Manager of Dovegh Foundation Nairi Sargsyan, Governor of Lori province Vahe Ghalumyan, Head of Noyemberyan community Karen Abazyan, Head of administrative territory of Dovegh Samvel Gorginyan, as well as community residents. “I am happy to say the situation has changed in Dovegh: owing to contributions by people who care for the community development – Ralph Yirikian, Robert Nazaryan, Suren Sahakyan, Vachik Qoqobelyan, and Fred Nazaryan, the decades-long problem has been solved. Infrastructures are important in borderland areas for some specific reasons: villagers earn their living, stay here and have the safety issue solved to be able to work in the fields,” says Gorginyan. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Partner news | Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |