YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 9, NOYAN TAPAN. During the design of the construction of the transport node at the intersection of Heratsi, Koryun, Nalbandian and Charents Streets, the studies done by the Armproject Institute in 1998-1999 (covering an area from Avan's regulatory basin to the Yerevan Flour Milling Plant) were taken as raw data for moving the Getar River. During the studies, the state of the river was examined in detail, with all possible outcomes being calculated. The director of the Yerevanproject Institute Gurgen Musheghian stated this at the November 8 press conference in response to the statements about possible disastrous consequences, which some environmental NGOs made the day before. According to G. Musheghian, a canal to the Hrazdan River was dug at the village of Mayakovski, which can carry all flow at this section of the Getar to the Hrazdan River. Besides, a dam with the capacity to store floods was built in the Avan-Arinj district. Another important circumstance is that about 70-80% of the Getar's drainage area (70 square km) has been built up and planted with trees, which has reduced the outflow of floods. The director of Yerevanproject said that the Sevaberd canal will also receive large amounts of water during floods. He refuted the statements of environmental NGOs, according to which the project of the construction on the Getar River has not undergone an environmental expert examination, adding that the figures cited by the chief hydrologist of Armhydroproject company do not correspont to reality.

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