Wednesday, November 7 2018 17:20

ArmInfo.In 2019, in the Kotayk region of Armenia, construction of a landfill for utilization of solid household waste will begin. On November 7 at the  parliamentary hearings on the draft state budget of Armenia in 2019,  Acting First Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration and  Development Vache Terteryan stated.

According to him, as of today, four companies from Iran, Great  Britain, Lebanon and Greece have passed the prequalification stage of  the tender for choosing a contractor. After studying all the  packages, the winner of the tender will be determined, who will be  engaged in the construction of the landfill.

At a meeting on June 8, the Armenian government approved a draft  decision, according to which the Hrazdan community of the republic's  Kotayk region will be donated land for construction of a solid waste  landfill. According to the Acting Minister of Territorial  Administration and Development of Armenia Suren Papikyan, this  decision is based on the obligations assumed by Armenia under the  loan agreement concluded with the European Bank for Reconstruction  and Development. According to the agreement, Armenia undertakes to  provide a site for the construction of a solid waste landfill in the  city of Hrazdan.  The landfill will serve the residents of 12 cities  of Kotayk and Gegharkunik regions. The total cost of the program is  11 million euros, of which 5.5 million euros is a loan, and the same  amount is a grant. Earlier, the Eastern European Partnership Fund for  Energy Efficiency and Environment (E5P), managed by the European Bank  for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), provided Armenia with a  grant of 2 million euros for the construction of a new solid waste  landfill for the Gegharkunik and Kotayk regions of Armenia . The  corresponding agreement was signed on June 30, 2016 between E5P and  the Ministry of Finance of Armenia. The landfill construction program  is the first EBRD project in the field of solid waste management in  Armenia, and aims to promote the plans of the Armenian government to  modernize the sphere and bring it in line with European standards.  The works, in the framework of the program, started in December 2014.  The EBRD provided a loan of ? 3.5 million, which, in turn, was  supplemented by a grant of ? 3.5 million from the EU's investment  partnership tool. Eight communities will be included in the solid  waste management system, of which 7 are in the Kotayk region of  Armenia and 1 in Gegharkunik. Already in 2016, the program was  expanded with a sovereign loan from the EBRD in the amount of 2  million euros, which allowed the program to include all 7 communities  of Kotayk, in particular, Hrazdan, Abovyan, Nor Hachn, Byureghavan,  Charentsavan, Yeghvard, Tsakhkadzor, as well as 5 communities  Gegharkunik - Sevan, Vardenis, Gavar, Martuni and Chambarak. The E5P  grant of ? 2 million, which will complement the EBRD loan of ? 2  million, will be co-financed by the marshalling yards, the  acquisition of trucks for collecting and transporting garbage, trash  cans and other equipment and inventory. As a result, the total budget  of the program will be 11 million euros.