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11.11.2009 17:12
 On November 11, 2009 the Millennium Challenge Account - Armenia (MCA-Armenia) SNCO signed a contract with a consortium consisting of Arpa-Sevan OJSC (Armenia) and Sade (France) to rehabilitate/repair 35,4 kilometers of sections on the Arzni-Shamiram, Lower Hrazdan, Artashat and Shirak main canals and about 70 hydro-technical structures in Arzni-Shamiram and Shirak main canals. Together with the work under the first package of main canals, a total of 39.6 kilometers of canals will be rehabilitated and more than 20 million dollars invested in the improvement of the canal infrastructure in Armenia. More than 110, 000 beneficiaries in around 200 communities will be able to have access to more reliable water in Ararat, Aragatsotn, Armavir, Kotayk, and Shirak marzes.
The value of the contract is 14,618,601 dollars and the term of the contract 18 months. The scope of the rehabilitation works includes cleaning of the canals, rehabilitation of outlets and gates, and utilization of monolith concrete, reinforced concrete and such advanced technologies as shotcrete.
Additional works under MCA-Armenia’s Irrigation Infrastructure will involve the rehabilitation of 17 pumping stations, construction of up to six gravity schemes, upgrading of tertiary irrigation systems in over 70 communities and improvements to the Ararat valley drainage system. Total investment into the MCA-Armenia Program should amount to about 180,000, 000 dollars by the time the program ends in 2011
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