ArmInfo. Today, the staff of the North-South program has blocked Yerevan-Talin road with their cars, demanding their salaries.
They, in particular, noted that the company Corsan Corviam Construccion SA, implementing this project, had not paid them wages since August of this year.
To note, as part of the construction of the 556-kilometer road, the length of which will be reduced to 490 kilometers as a result of the construction (the reduction will occur at the expense of tunnels and bridges being built on the Sisian-Kajaran section), only a 160-kilometer section is funded. The program is funded by three international credit organizations – the Asian Development Bank, the European Investment Bank and the Eurasian Bank of Stabilization and Development. The total amount of loan agreements is 540 million US dollars.
During the implementation of the project, large-scale abuses reaching tens of millions of dollars were revealed, as a result of which construction work was suspended. A criminal case was initiated on the facts of theft and abuse.
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