ArmInfo. Despite the difficulties associated with the consequences of the flood, RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan was surprised and shocked by the positive energy of the local population.
Speaking at the government hour in the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia on June 12, Pashinyan noted that this is largely due to the operational work carried out on the ground. Head of the operational headquarters for the elimination of the consequences of the disaster, Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure of the Republic of Armenia Gnel Sanosyan is in the disaster zone almost around the clock.
Emphasizing the existence of numerous problems, Pashinyan pointed out the need to make priority decisions in order to know where to start. The very first decision should be to assist local residents in restoring their housing conditions. For this, it is very important to quickly adopt an effective program of measures to repair damaged housing and provide them with minimum property needs. As the head of government noted, work is underway now to develop this program.
Pashinyan also emphasized that the government will also provide assistance to entrepreneurs whose enterprises were hit by the disaster. Here, the turnover of the previous period of time, the current state of buildings, equipment and inventory will be taken into account, which will allow providing businessmen with some financial assistance.
Citizens' losses of their cars will also be financed.
Due to the emergency situation caused by heavy rains on May 25-26, which led to floods, the government declared a number of communities in the Lori and Tavush regions as disaster zones. 300 million drams have been allocated to the two regions to solve urgent problems. The disaster damaged roads, bridges and railways. In order to eliminate the consequences of the elements, a task force has been formed under the leadership of the RA Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure Gnel Sanosyan.
