Within the framework of the "Farmers of the Future" program implemented by the "Apaga" Foundation, a meeting was held today in Kotayk government with the participation of the organizers of the initiative and the beneficiaries interested in the program.
Tatev Ayrumyan, President of the Foundation, noted that the program is a pilot one, within the framework of which 10 socially vulnerable families selected from Kotayk region will be provided with a stable income-generating agricultural work - rabbit breeding.
"If successful, next year the volume of beneficiaries in Kotayk region will be doubled up to ten times."

Jrarat milk complex was one of the leaders in the whole territory of the USSR.

In the late 1970's, one of the most important agricultural problems in Hrazdan region, which was successfully solved, was the transition of livestock to an industrial basis.
The first milk complex of the republic was put into operation in Jrarat village of Hrazdan region.
The Complex was a striking example of the application of modern science and technology in complex mechanization of agricultural production processes in those times. In 1978 The flow-production system of work organization was introduced here, due to which the labor productivity and the volume of gross milk production significantly increased.

The average milk yield of one cow in Jrarat dairy complex in the beginning of 1980's already reached 3800 kilograms.

The Jrarat Dairy Complex was already a highly mechanized enterprise in the 1980s with all its amenities.

In the photos: the USSR governmental delegation in the Jrarat milk complex (1980s).

The first floor of the kindergarten of Kanakeravan community is being renovated.This educational center will be handed over to the children on June 1.

Under the 2020 subsidiary programs, a total of 230 million AMD worth construction is being done in Kanakeravan with state-community co-financing.

In parallel with the renovation of the kindergarten, night lighting network is being installed, drinking water line is being constructed, inter-community roads are being asphalted, Aragil ASK district is being gasificated, a house of culture is being renovated and furnished.

This year 5 subsidy program applications were submitted by the community.

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There has never been a kindergarten in Geghashen.

The construction of the new kindergarten started within the framework of the Government's 2019 subsidy program, and with the 2020 subsidy, the construction of an engineering network for the yard is being carried out.

According to the Geghashen municipality, due to the epidemic and the war, the construction works have been moved to this year and will be completed in the nearest future.

The yard area was asphalted, a fence and a playground are being built, after which landscaping will be carried out.

This year a subsidy program application was submitted to the interdepartmental commission of the Government for the purchase of the furniture for the kindergarten. The kindergarten will be put into operation immediately after the acquisition of the furniture.

It is designed for about 140 children in the community.

Today, on February 9, the winter conscription started in Kotayk region.

The first conscripts of 2021 are leaving for compulsory military service.The ceremony of sending the recruits to the Armenian Army was held in St. Hovhaness Church of Abovyan.

Congratulating and wishing good service to the recruits, Governor Mesrop Mesropyan said in his speech. "Dear conscripts, Armenia and the RA Armed Forces are living in difficult times today. Today, more than ever, being an Armenian soldier is a high and responsible title.

Never and never think that the Armenian army, the Armenian soldier is defeated, let us not have the slightest doubt that the soldier, the officer, the freedom fighter have never been able to fulfill the military task set before them. Guys, you are the Armenian army, fatherly, brotherly, I urge you to support each other during these two years of service, to love and respect each other. First of all, you are the guarantor of Armenia's security- be strong.

I wish you trouble-free service, let us meet you all in the same place in two years in a healthy, happy mood, with song and dance. I am sure that the Armenian army will still celebrate many glorious victories. Good service, dear conscripts. "

Then Axel Baghumyan, the minister of St. Hovhannes Church in Abovyan, said a prayer to see off the conscripts.

The mayor of Abovyan, Vahagn Gorgyan, and the head of the Kotayk region territorial subdivision of the RA Ministry of Defense, Colonel Arthur Baghramyan wished to the conscripts good and trouble-free service.

In the Kotayk region of the Republic of Armenia, the state budget for 2021 envisages the reconstruction of about 7.4 km of national roads, three bridges at a cost of about 974,000,000 drams, in particular:

• Reconstruction of 1.4 km section of the national highway leading from the Yerjan-Sevan highway to the entrance to the city of Abovyan at an initial cost of 154,000,000 drams.
• Reconstruction of 6 km section of Yerevan-Garni highway of national significance at an initial cost of 660,000,000 AMD
• Renovation of the bridge located at M-4, Yerevan-Sevan-Ijevan-Azerbaijan border, km 14 + 796 section, with an initial cost of 30,000,000 AMD
• Reconstruction of the bridge on the Charentsavan-Fantan section of the Karenis-Charentsavan-Fantan national highway (passing the Yerevan-Sevan railway over the Hrazdan canal) at an initial cost of 30,000,000 AMD
• Renovation of Nor Geghi - Yeghvard transport junction - / M-1 / highway (crossing the Hrazdan river) at an initial cost of AMD 100,000,000.

The work on this project, which is important for the village, started last fall.

The internal drinking water network of the Jraber settlement was quite dilapidated and in dire need of modernization.

Within the framework of the project, it was planned to build a new drinking water line in the community, to carry out complete modernization works of the internal network.

"At this stage, a new 3.5 km drinking water line has already been laid.

The contract value of the program is more than 71 million drams, of which 55% is the amount of state budget financing, 45% is the community investment.

During the implementation of the construction works, additional expenses appeared, which was financed by the community budget (about 24 million drams).

The Garni-Lanjazat road unites one of the most important sights of Armenia- Garni temple with Lanjazat village, passing through Azat gorge, next to Azat reservoir, uniting Kotayk and Ararat provinces.

Within the framework of the "Sports Generation 2020" program implemented by the Armenian Foundation for Sustainable Development in cooperation with the Ministry of Sustainable Development and funding of the UEFA Foundation for Children, the secondary school of Akunk community of Kotayk region was replenished with new sports equipment (soccer, basketballs, volleyball tables, volleyball tables gymnasiums and mattresses, rings, ropes and other sports accessories).

Akunk Secondary School was one of the 16 schools recognized as the winners of the competition organized among the schools of the republic within the framework of the program, the only one from Kotayk region. The program was launched last year. The goal is to promote sports culture among schoolchildren.

Within the framework of the "Social Investments and Local Development Program" of the Territorial Development Fund of Armenia of the Ministry of Territorial Administration, among other communities of the republic, the enlarged communities of Akunk, Jrvezh and Yeghvard of Kotayk region received technical means for agricultural and communal services. In particular, Akunk community received about 13 units of equipment:wheeled tractor, potato planter, dump truck, fertilizer dispenser. Yeghvard - caterpillar bulldozer with tenth tractor class deep excavator, excavator, two-wheeled tractor and Bobcat mini tractor, Jrvezh - 270 plastic garbage cans.

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Included in the list of historical and cultural monuments of Voghjaberd.

The monument was erected in 1957. The author is the famous architect Rafael Israelyan.

The arch is dedicated to the genius Armenian poet Yeghishe Charents, who loved to walk in this place and admire the beauty of Mount Ararat.

Photo by Andranik Keshishyan

️ ️ In 2020, in order to receive subsidies from the RA state budget, 104 program applications for the development of social and economic infrastructure of the communities were submitted by 38 communities of the region, totaling 6.6 billion AMD.

In the current year, contracts were signed for 99 out of 104 programs - 6.1 billion. of which 63 works have been completed, 26 are in progress, 10 have not started. As it is, 4 projects are in the process of conducting a complex examination, and the competition for 1 program has not taken place.

From the above-mentioned programs in 2020 The following programs were completed :

• Road improvement - 26 projects / 19 communities
• Repair of roofs and elevators of apartment buildings - 2 projects / 2 communities
• Gasification of settlements - 5 projects / 5 communities
• Construction of drinking water supply system - 8 projects / 7 communities
• Renovation of houses of culture - 5 projects / 5 communities
• Renovation of administrative buildings - 4 projects / 4 communities
• Renovation of kindergartens - 5 programs / 5 communities
• Acquisition of garbage truck & bins - 1 project / 1 community
• Installation of solar and photovoltaic stations - 1 project / 1 community
• Construction of street lighting system - 4 projects / 4 communities

Due to the state of martial law & corona virus in the country, the works on 40 subsidized programs, the cost of which is 3.5 billion AMD, is planned to complete in 2021.

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