WORLD BANK TO ALLOCATE $30 MILLION FOR IRRIGATION ENHANCEMENT PROJECT IN ARMENIA
January 14, 2014 | 13:05
YEREVAN. – World Bank will allocate $30 million for the irrigation
enhancement project in Armenia, representative of the state water
committee said.
It is the fourth WB project in the irrigation field, Adibek Ghazaryan
said during a media conference on Tuesday. The government will finance
25 percent of the project (7.5 million).
The major investment will be aimed at lowering the operating cost of
water by converting pump-based irrigation to gravity irrigation in four
systems. The proposed ISEP will finance the construction of gravity
irrigation systems in the Meghri, Gegardalich, Baghramyan-Norakert
and Kaghtsrashen.
Ghazaryan noted that over five years energy use of irrigation system
fell from 240-250 kw/h to 150-160. Thanks to this project, farmers
of mountainous areas will take water from mountain streams instead
of pumping from the lowlands.
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