HYDRO-ELECTRIC STATION TO BE BUILT ON “KAPUYT BERD”?
July 29, 2010
Although Minister of Nature Protection Aram Harutyunyan has responded
to the protest by members of S.O.S. Argitch initiating group and the
residents of 6 communities of Martuni, that doesn’t instill any hope
in them.
They demand the destruction of the dam built on Gayladzor brook before
starting investigation.
Minister of Nature Protection Aram Harutyunyan has assigned to end
construction near Argitch River and has created a working group which
will conduct studies of 5-6 communities where the protest began within
14 days.
“All construction on Gayladzor River are illegal because all activities
had to undergo an expert examination,” Deputy Head of the Department
of Biodiversity and Land Control at the Ministry of Nature Protection
Yuri Ishkhanyan told “A1+”.
Ishkhanyan assured that the hydro-electric station will not be built
on Argitch River, but on “Kapuyt Berd” brook.
Let us add that according to the members of S.O.S. Argitch initiating
group, the construction of the hydro-electric station will deprive
6 communities of water for irrigation and will damage the fish of
Lake Sevan because Argitch is a sustainable place for the fish of
the basin of Sevan to lay their eggs.
From: A. Papazian