Problems in Odzun and Mghart residential areas with eyes of local residents, 14 December 2021

Enlarged Odzun community in the Region and Mghart settlement are experiencing serious development obstacles because of mining operations: problems with access to drinking water and irrigation water, lack of infrastructure to promote young people's creative thinking...

Almost all the problems in Mghart settlement start and end with drinking water...[T]he locals mentioned that any idea or project does not go beyond its embryonic stage, as it faces the problem of the community not having drinking water...

Locals attribute the lack of water in Mghart to the recent mining explosions...The mining industry has also had a negative impact on beekeeping...

...Aghabek Mosinyan (Principal of Mghart Basic School) noted that the solution of the water problem and the fulfillment of the mining companies' obligations imposed on them by the legislation are very important for the development of Mghart...

There are serious obstacles to the development of agriculture in Odzun...On the other hand, the roads are in a poor condition...There is also a water problem here...The residents raised the issue of selling food.

Young Odzun residents also pointed out the lack of appropriate centers for self-development in the community...