“Today our city faces real danger: during floods our city is threatened to be
inundated with water in the results of blocking the Getar”, said Roland
Manukyan, the chief hydroelectric of “Armhydroelectro” project, in the press
conference held today. According to him the bulwark around the Getar in
Arindj-Avan is covered with ground and construction materials. He added, “The
reservoir of Sevaberd can not be the solution of it, as only one stream of the
Getar flows into it.”

According to Mr. Manukyan the first step to solve this problem is to clean
the bulwark, and to ensure that during the floods it will serve its goals. Mr.
Manukyan mentioned that some part of the Getar, from Heratsi street to Tumayan,
is blocked and a tunnel in 16m large is built. He also mentioned that during the
floods the pressure will be too high and the city will be deluged. It was
announced that the road construction on the Getar has not been examined by
nature protectors, and it is illegal. Mr. Manukyan said, “If they assign me,
I’ll do the examination myself free of charge: the important thing is to
overcome this problem.”

Karine Danielyan, the head of “For people’s stable development” NGO,
mentioned that according to sanitary conditions and air pollution problems the
blocking of the Getar is not recommended. Sona Ayvazyan, the head of “region
development centre” NGO, said that to blockade the Getar they need city building
examination, which they do not have. In addition to this they sent numerous
letters to the government but all the letters remained unanswered. The
participants said that the actions and discussions connected with this subject
will be organized in the future, too.