Wine-growers threaten to block highway if their grape money not paid
15.09.2016,
13:59
Residents of a village in Vayots Dzor threaten to block a highway running from the capital city Yerevan to the Iranian border on Friday if they are not paid for the grape they had sold last year to a local winery, Naira Zohrabyan, a lawmaker from the Prosperous Armenia Party said today.
YEREVAN, September 15. /ARKA/. Residents of a village in Vayots Dzor threaten to block a highway running from the capital city Yerevan to the Iranian border on Friday if they are not paid for the grape they had sold last year to a local winery, Naira Zohrabyan, a lawmaker from the Prosperous Armenia Party said today.
"The tension in the village of Aghavnadzor is very high. People said they will not allow their children to attend school and kindergarten unless they are paid their money. They are ready to take extreme measures,’ Zohrabyan said. She called on the Armenian government to immediately solve the problem.
According to head of a union of farmers, Hrachya Berberyan, Armenian wineries still owe 2 billion drams to local wine-growers for grapes procured last year, not 800 million drams, as claimed by the authorities,
According to official data, last year wineries and other food-processing companies bought a total of 31.5 billion drams worth grape. According to the ministry of agriculture, in 2015 Armenian food-processing enterprises bought 216,800 metric tons of grape, which was 32,700 tons or 17.8% more than in 2014. ($ 1 - 474.14 drams). -0-
"The tension in the village of Aghavnadzor is very high. People said they will not allow their children to attend school and kindergarten unless they are paid their money. They are ready to take extreme measures,’ Zohrabyan said. She called on the Armenian government to immediately solve the problem.
According to head of a union of farmers, Hrachya Berberyan, Armenian wineries still owe 2 billion drams to local wine-growers for grapes procured last year, not 800 million drams, as claimed by the authorities,
According to official data, last year wineries and other food-processing companies bought a total of 31.5 billion drams worth grape. According to the ministry of agriculture, in 2015 Armenian food-processing enterprises bought 216,800 metric tons of grape, which was 32,700 tons or 17.8% more than in 2014. ($ 1 - 474.14 drams). -0-
