GAS WILL NOT RISE IN PRICE IN NEAR FUTURE
Support A1+!”Can you render the poor people the opportunity to lay gas at a normal price” asked Yerevan resident Armen Makaryan when addressing ArmRosGazprom Deputy Director Ashot Hovsepyan during a round table organized by the Union of Consumers. According to A. Makaryan, only 10% of the resident in the street have natural gas installed in their flats as 3000 ADM is demanded for 1 meter of pipe.
“It is the fault of the companies”, Ashot Hovsepyan justified. He assured that they are not able to provide the gas supply throughout the whole republic. They have no rights to control the organizations that received licenses for conduction of construction words.
As for the violations of the gas supply rules and damages, A. Hovsepyan noted that in Armenia the situation is better than in Ukraine or Rostov-on-Don. He also reported that last year 30 people dies because of violations of the safety regulations due to wrong construction of the flue in private houses.
To note, A. Hovsepyan informed that gas will not rice in price in the near future.
In 2005-2007 the company is going to invest 21 billion 562 million AMD for the restoration of gas industry. Presently 270000 houses in Armenia are supplied with natural gas.
