Haykakan Zhamanak: Donations to Hayastan Fund on the decline
‘Haykakan Zhamanak’ daily writes that the Armenian government will discuss at its regular session today the issue of allocating 1.5 billion drams to Hayastan All-Armenian Fund for construction of Vardenis-Martakert motorway. The construction of a 166km strategic road began last year, and 3.8 billion drams has already been allocated from the government’s reserve fund.
The paper says that the total cost of construction work is about 13 billion drams. It is Haystan Fund’s only major program assisted by the government.
The government funding is said to be due to the fact that the Fund is gradually raising less money through telethons, and the collected funds are insufficient to implement all the programs.