ENVIRONMENTALISTS MAKE DEVELOPER STOP CONSTRUCTION ON RIVER
Tert.am
31.10.11
A group of Armenian environmentalists has won a weeks-long fight
against a developer and has made it stop the construction of a hydro
power station on Chichkhan River in Armenia’s north.
Robshin, LLC, the company in charge of the construction on the
Trchkan Waterfall, said in a statement on Monday that it is halting
down the construction in accordance with a proposal by the Ministry
of Nature Protection.
The company also said it is withdrawing its equipment from the
construction site, adding that the move is also aimed at preventing
various political speculations.
“At the same time we are expressing hope that through further
discussions there will be solutions that will reflect everybody’s
interests,” the company’s management said in the statement.
It comes after some of the defenders of the Trchkan Waterfall set up
tents right in the centre of construction high in the mountains and
spent days despite cold weather conditions.
The activists say that the construction of the hydro power station
at that part of the river will disrupt the ecosystem.
Armenia has few waterfalls, and that is adding up more sensitivity
to the issue.
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