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The Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan doesn’t consider the construction of SHPPs on the rivers flowing into Lake Sevan as not useful, as he said during his consultation with Gegharkounik Regional Head and employees. In this regard, he particularly said, “I have said many times before and I would like to repeat now that indeed, we have to return the favor to Sevan and we must do it, but it would be correct if that favor includes a certain, so to speak, economic component in order to deal with those issues in the future not merely through resources of the state budget. I think that the fish-breeding program, which we started two years ago, is a program with huge development potential. “It is not just about addressing the issue of fish stocks. It is also about issues of restoring the ecological balance. We must clean the rivers flowing into Sevan from the last 15-20 structures which perhaps produce some economic results but present an obstacle to normal development. I mean, for example, small-scale hydroelectric power stations built on fish spawning areas which regardless of their profitability, are, in my opinion, harmful for Sevan. The issue must be addressed through talking to people, making an arrangement with them, buying back those stations via the fund and dismantling them,” stressed Armenia’s president.
September 24, 2015 at 11:56