2024-09-15 07:08:30
In 2019, the State Interests Protection Department of the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Republic of Armenia studied the Vaik gravity irrigation system in 2019. the documents received from the Water Committee regarding the supplied water requests, actual supplied water quantities, actual irrigated land areas and system losses, the Prosecutor’s Office reports.
As a result of the study, it was found that in order to irrigate the lands of the Vaik region, in the irrigation period and in order to ensure the environmental release of the Arpa River, the release of water from the Kechut Reservoir is carried out all year round based on the applications submitted by the “Yeghegnadzor” water company, through the Vaik gravity system owned by the latter with the right of free use by the Government.
According to the study carried out by the Water Committee, the contract irrigated lands of the mentioned region amount to 411.5 ha.
According to 2019 the average volume of supplied water per 1ha of applications for supplied water is 10449m3. Meanwhile, according to the indicators of supplied water, the average volume of water actually supplied to subscribers for 1 ha was 3170m3.
In other words, the amount of water supplied for 1 ha of land was 7279 m3 or 3.3 times higher than the amount of water submitted by the subscribers for 1 ha.
According to the information received from the Water Committee, the cost of 1 m3 of irrigation water is AMD 11, and the system loss is 36.7%.
In other words, in the case of the loss of the system from the water submitted and supplied by the application and the sum of the water actually supplied to the subscribers, the company suffered an unjustified loss of 4,739,000 m3 of water, which in terms of value is 52,129,000 AMD.
According to the RA government in 2002 According to the December 26 decision, the water supplier is obliged to account for the amount of water taken from the spring, the volume of water supplied to each water user (subscriber), the amount to be paid for it, the amount paid and the amount owed. And the supply of water to the water user (subscriber) is carried out according to the contract, the water use plan-schedule and the application, which are an integral part of it.
In other words, the results of the study prove that the water supplier actually submitted an application for water exceeding the demand by 3.3 times, and allegedly illegally, that is, without a contract, water supply was carried out.
Bearing in mind that as a result of the studies, it was found that the official of the non-profit company used his executive powers against the interests of the company, not accounting for the volume of water supplied to water users, the amount to be paid for it, the amount paid and the amount of debt, not using water resources efficiently and economically, Incidental data on the violation of the rights and legal interests of the company and the state as a result of insufficiently managing the water supply, as well as not using the water in a targeted and efficient way, not collecting money for the services provided, resulting in the loss of 4,739,000 m3 of water and the loss of AMD 5,212,9000. A criminal case was initiated in the department under the features of Article 214, Part 2 of the RA Criminal Code.
The preliminary investigation was assigned to the RA Investigative Committee.