YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 1, NOYAN TAPAN. 80% of the preparatory work for winter has already been conducted in the Nor-Nork community of Yerevan. This statement was made by David Petrosian, the prefect of the Nor-Nork community, at the November 1 press conference and added that more than 100 million drams (approximately 303 thousand U.S. dollars) have been allocated by the budget of the prefectura. According to him, 443 metal doors, more than 7000 linear meter rain-water tubes have been placed in the 670 block of houses of the community, a roof of about 20100 square kilometer general surface has been repaired. David Petrosian also mentioned that work providing local heating is being conducted in six kindergartens of the community and the rest have been provided with a necessary amount of fuel. In the words of Surik Ghukasian, the prefect of Davitashen, the preparatory work for winter cannot be implemented in the community for 100%, as the prefectura and condominium associations do not have enough means. According to him, in that respect there is still a lot to be done and as for opportunities, they are few. Both of the prefects mentioned that an increase in the budgets of the communities is envisaged in 2008. Thus, if the budget of Nor-Nork made over 1.5 billion drams in 2007, and that of Davitashen 400 million drams, in 2008 they will make, correspondingly, 1.7 billion and 460 million drams.

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