“The adoption of this bill was surprising because this year we quite much snow,” told our reporter the director of For the Sake of Sustainable Development NGO, former Minister of Nature Protection Karine Danielyan when was asked to comment on the adoption of the bill, dated June 22, that authorized to drain 320 million cubic meters of water from Sevan. “The explanation of the government was that April and May were dry months and that despite winter snow the reservoirs are empty; the flow of rivers has been cut and under the current circumstances the only chance is Sevan. They say that the snow melted and flowed not into the dams but penetrated into the water. Even if it is so, then we should know that the water is never lost. This also means that the land should have been damper, which should have been reflected on the surface. It means there is some kind of mystery here. Perhaps science should review this matter to disclose this mystery,” she mentioned and expressed her unclear understanding over the submitted justifications of the government as though the year is going to be dry. “The nature contradicted this decision to drain Sevan because in Armenia we never had so much precipitation in June and July,” said Danielyan and added that 170 and maximum 200 million cubic meters of water is allowed to drain from Sevan.
