Saturday, July 22 2017 11:41

ArmInfo. The share of the  Tavush region in Armenia's GDP is 2%.  In 2016, the region produced  industrial products worth 12.130 billion AMD, and agricultural  production - 41.3 billion AMD. On this eve in Dilijan to the Prime  Minister Karen Karapetyan was reported by the Governor of the region  Hovik Abovyan, the press service of the Armenian government reports.

One of the spheres of strategic development of the region is  agricultural production. In recent years, the governor noted, the  efforts of local and international organizations and individual  investors in the region are implementing construction programs  processing enterprises, greenhouses, refrigeration plants, laying new  gardens. The number of these farms has already exceeded 200 with more  than 400 employees.

By the instructions of the Prime Minister, 20 investment programs for  a total of 2.4 billion AMD have been submitted to the government of  the country, of which 12 projects have been approved. In the process  is a project to create a greenhouse for the production of  strawberries, and the remaining programs are under discussion. Karen  Karapetyan was informed that the revenues of the region's communities  amount to 921.3 million AMD. By the end of the year, its own revenues  are expected to grow due to the expected signing of a new contract  for garbage collection and the construction of a market in the  Noyemberyan. In the region, 4 communities - Dilijan, Noyemberyan,  Kokhb and Ayrum - were formed in the results of consolidation. In the  Byrd region, the process of enlargement is planned to begin in the  fall of 2017. All 40 communities in the region have five-year  development programs. Within the framework of the "Clean Armenia"  program, a subbotnik was organized on April 15, this kind of event is  scheduled for July 29. The Prime Minister of Armenia drew the  attention of the participants of the meeting to the low level of  ensuring their own incomes and the problem with garbage collection.  "Tariffs, which we are talking about in garbage collection, will not  become an additional burden for our citizens, therefore we are  dealing with an unordered field," Karen Karapetyan said.