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MINI HYDRO PLANTS TURNING YEGHEGIS INTO DEAD RIVER
Kristine Aghalaryan
The Yeghegis River is turning into an ecologically dead zone.
Gone are the trout...victims to six mini-hydro electric plants built
up and down the river and its tributaries.
In the village of Shatin, in Vayots Dzor, there are already two plants
in operation and a third is being built.
The Yeghegis is a 47 kilometre tributary of the Arpa River.
Armenia's Public Services Regulatory Commission has approved licenses
for another eleven to be built.
Local residents say that the Yeghegis has been transformed from a
mountain river into a series of connecting pipes.
"We keep talking about the environment. We remember what it used to
be like. Or else our grandfathers tell of how all this area was once
forest. We never saw that forest. Pretty soon, we'll be telling our
kids about the water that used to run freely here," lamented Shatin
Mayor Aris Smbatyan.
http://hetq.am/eng/articles/27455/mini-hydro-plants-turning-yeghegis-into-dead-river.html
Kristine Aghalaryan
The Yeghegis River is turning into an ecologically dead zone.
Gone are the trout...victims to six mini-hydro electric plants built
up and down the river and its tributaries.
In the village of Shatin, in Vayots Dzor, there are already two plants
in operation and a third is being built.
The Yeghegis is a 47 kilometre tributary of the Arpa River.
Armenia's Public Services Regulatory Commission has approved licenses
for another eleven to be built.
Local residents say that the Yeghegis has been transformed from a
mountain river into a series of connecting pipes.
"We keep talking about the environment. We remember what it used to
be like. Or else our grandfathers tell of how all this area was once
forest. We never saw that forest. Pretty soon, we'll be telling our
kids about the water that used to run freely here," lamented Shatin
Mayor Aris Smbatyan.
http://hetq.am/eng/articles/27455/mini-hydro-plants-turning-yeghegis-into-dead-river.html