Today, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan left for Kotayk Province on a working visit. During the consultation held in Hrazdan city, the Prime Minister was presented with the performance report 2022 and current programs of the Kotayk regional administration.
Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure Gnel Sanosyan, Head of the State Supervision Service Romanos Petrosyan, Governor of Kotayk Aharon Sahakyan and other officials participated in the consultation.
The Head of the Government was first reported on the subsidy programs implemented in the region and those that are currently in progress. According to the report, in 2018-2023, 356 subsidy programs have been implemented and are being implemented in the following areas: construction and repair of residential streets, paving of courtyards, construction of water supply, drainage and irrigation systems, repair, construction and reconstruction of kindergartens, construction/renovation of public buildings, parks, construction/repair of street lighting systems, gas delivery to settlements, acquisition of machinery, equipment, acquisition of property (kindergarten, playground, cultural center/), renewable energy, including installation of solar photovoltaic plants, drilling of deep wells, development of master plans of communities.
In 2022, 60 subsidy programs worth 12 billion AMD were approved, 80 percent of which have been completed. For 2023, 40 programs with a value of 11 billion 227 million AMD were approved.
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The Prime Minister was also informed about the works carried out in the field of urban development in the reporting year. Accordingly, 92 buildings have been legalized, 121 are in the process of being legalized, and 89 have been suspended within the scope of measures to detect and prevent arbitrary constructions.
In terms of land use, it was reported that in the reporting year, the purpose of use of 111.57 ha of land was changed, 15908.0 ha of state-owned land was leased, 282.36 ha of land were sold by auction.
Within the framework of administrative reforms, training of the staff of community service and local self-government bodies was carried out.
As for municipal own revenues in 2022, property taxes from real estate amounted to 1 billion 377.9 million AMD, property tax for vehicles – 1 billion 829.4 million AMD, local duties – 313.3 million AMD, state duties – 99.2 million AMD, land and property rent – 275.8 million AMD, garbage collection fees – 550.5 million AMD.
It was also reported to the Prime Minister that the construction works of the first sanitary landfill in the republic within the framework of the “Kotayk and Gegharkunik Solid Household Waste Management Program” are in the final stage. It was noted that 90 percent of construction works have already been completed.
Information was presented about the work of Citizen Service Offices. It was noted that there are 9 CSOs operating in the communities of the region, which provide about 22 types of services.
As for the works carried out in the field of education, it was reported that in the reporting year, 789 teachers were certified as part of the mandatory certification of teachers, 134 teachers passed voluntary certification, “Armath” engineering laboratory was opened in 27 schools, 15 thousand 430 students were provided with school meals in 88 schools, 39 thousand 909 students used the school subscription system, the number of mentor schools is 3, remote education is used by 2 schools.
It was reported that projects worth about 53 million AMD were implemented at the expense of savings. In particular, medical equipment was purchased for the Abovyan maternity hospital, medical equipment was purchased for the Abovyan medical center, repair works were carried out in the patho-anatomical building, medical equipment, property, computers were purchased for the Charentsavan medical center, the basement floor was repaired, Medical equipment was purchased for the Nairi Medical Center, and repair work was carried out on the patho-anatomical building.
Within the framework of social security measures, a number of programs were implemented in the region: The program for the provision of certificates of purchase of apartments in order to provide permanent housing to people who emigrated from Azerbaijan in 1988-1992 and are in priority need of housing” (68 beneficiary families), 5 families from the settlement in the Voghjaberd landslide zone were given certificates for the purchase of apartments, 6 children’s and youth camps (3200 children of martyred and wounded freedom fighters, militiamen and needy families) were organized under the program “Organization of Schoolchildren’s Summer Vacation”.
Regarding the works carried out in the field of agriculture, the Head of the Government was presented with details about arable lands, pastures, crops, productions carried out in greenhouses. It was noted that there are 4535 hectares of fruit orchards in the region, of which 878 hectares are intensive orchards, 155 ha have an anti-hail nets, and 376 ha operate with drip irrigation. Last year, 4 smart livestock barns were established in the region under the state support program. The Prime Minister was also presented with details about agricultural animals, cattle breeding, as well as the condition of 21 slaughterhouses operating in the region.
The following programs were implemented by the Ministry of Economy in the reporting year: “Subsidy of interest rates of loans for the agricultural sector” program, “Support for leasing of agricultural machinery in the Republic of Armenia” program, “Support for leasing of equipment for the agri-food sector in the Republic of Armenia” program, “Support for the construction or reconstruction of small and medium “Smart” livestock buildings and their technological support” program, “State support for the introduction of small and medium greenhouse farms” program, “Development of intensive horticulture in the Republic of Armenia, introduction of modern technologies and state support program for promoting the production of non-traditional and high-value crops”, pilot program for the introduction of an insurance system in the field of agriculture, “Beef development in the Republic of Armenia for 2019-2024” program, “Development of sheep and goat breeding in the Republic of Armenia for 2019-2023”.
The amount of subsidies for the above-mentioned programs implemented by the Ministry of Economy exceeded 1 billion AMD.
It was reported to the Head of the Government that in 2018-2022, the Armenia Territorial Development Fund also carried out projects in the region, in particular, the construction and repair of residential streets, drinking water supply systems, drainage systems, irrigation systems, repair of the roof of the kindergarten, replacement of windows and heating, necessary technical means for utility service were purchased, solar photovoltaic plants were installed, construction of parks and a parking lot was carried out.
The “Road Department” Fund carried out major and medium repairs of national and interstate highways, and organized a tender for the selection of the organization to serve the unified route network of the region. Over the past year, 45 km of republican and interstate roads underwent major repairs, and 47 km of the road underwent average repairs.
The region’s life within the framework of events held in the field of culture and sports was also presented to the Prime Minister.
The Prime Minister inquired about the ongoing projects in the above-mentioned directions, and gave a number of instructions for their effective implementation. In particular, the Prime Minister emphasized the implementation of the necessary changes in the order of tenders for road construction, schools, kindergartens construction and repair, which will exclude the participation of companies that do not have the necessary capabilities and, as a result, the delay of various projects and problems stemming from that. The Prime Minister instructed to carry out follow-up work to expand intensive orchards, smart livestock farms and other agricultural programs in the region and to provide farmers with the necessary information. “Our task is to spread information as much as possible in order to create better opportunities for people and to increase the quality of products. We should also work with the Ministry of Economy in order to further improve the programs,” said Nikol Pashinyan.
The Prime Minister also inquired about the major housing construction investment projects in the region. It was reported that large-scale construction of residential buildings are being implemented in Abovyan, Zovuni, Hrazdan, Tsaghkadzor, Charentsavan.
INFORMATION AND PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPARTMENT OF THE OFFICE OF THE PRIME MINISTER OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA