The law allows 170 million for now, but the project proposes to drain 270 million cubic meters to solve the irrigation problem.
Today, in the out-of-turn session convened by the offer of the government, the National Assembly discusses the question of additional 100 million cubic meter water drainage from Lake Sevan. The law allows 170 million for now, but the project proposes to drain 270 million cubic meters to solve the irrigation problem. Arsen Harutyunyan, the president of the state commission for water sector, mentioned that the year was scarce of water, water basins are half-full and the additional drainage will solve the irrigation problems of about 130 thousand villagers. The discussion of the problem is being carried out in an almost empty hall with rare opposition. The MPs from Tsarukyan Alliance were concerned about the conservation of Sevan ecosystem, but noted that they will vote for the project, as it solves the irrigation problem of the villagers.
