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SCANDALOUS TURN IN CONSTRUCTION OF A HYDROPOWER PLANT ON THE REVIVER ARGICHI
ArmInfo
2010-07-20 14:36:00
ArmInfo. The construction of a hydropower plant on the river Argichi
has made the residents of Gegharkunik shut off the Yerevan-Vardenis
highway.
To recall, the course of the most full-flowing feeder of the Argichi
will be changed for the sake of the new HPP. As a result, almost 7
thsd hectares of lands belonging to 5 communities of Gegharkunik -
Geghovit, Madina, Vaghashen, Nerkin Getashen and Verin Getashen will
remain without water.
Paytsar Aghababyan, representative of the initiative group, said that
the regional administration representatives reacted to the July 19
protest action only in 4 hours. "The head and the deputy head of the
administration promised us to solve this problem within the next 5-10
days",- she said at today's press conference.
Aghababyan said that the local residents - 30 thsd people - do
not intend to shut their eyes to the ruling outrage. "This is a
matter of life. If there is no water for irrigation, people will
have to abandon their houses. But where should they go? The heads of
rural,administrations have already tried to say their word, but their
protest has remained without response",- said Aghababyan. According
to her, the assurances of the regional administration that the
construction of the HPP was launched without its privity, are
doubtful. "I don't believe this. And I don't believe that it will
be possible to stop the change of the Argichi course only with the
efforts of the regional administration",- she stressed.
From: A. Papazian
ArmInfo
2010-07-20 14:36:00
ArmInfo. The construction of a hydropower plant on the river Argichi
has made the residents of Gegharkunik shut off the Yerevan-Vardenis
highway.
To recall, the course of the most full-flowing feeder of the Argichi
will be changed for the sake of the new HPP. As a result, almost 7
thsd hectares of lands belonging to 5 communities of Gegharkunik -
Geghovit, Madina, Vaghashen, Nerkin Getashen and Verin Getashen will
remain without water.
Paytsar Aghababyan, representative of the initiative group, said that
the regional administration representatives reacted to the July 19
protest action only in 4 hours. "The head and the deputy head of the
administration promised us to solve this problem within the next 5-10
days",- she said at today's press conference.
Aghababyan said that the local residents - 30 thsd people - do
not intend to shut their eyes to the ruling outrage. "This is a
matter of life. If there is no water for irrigation, people will
have to abandon their houses. But where should they go? The heads of
rural,administrations have already tried to say their word, but their
protest has remained without response",- said Aghababyan. According
to her, the assurances of the regional administration that the
construction of the HPP was launched without its privity, are
doubtful. "I don't believe this. And I don't believe that it will
be possible to stop the change of the Argichi course only with the
efforts of the regional administration",- she stressed.
From: A. Papazian