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Tatev development project leaves mine exploitation plan in shadow
21:57 - 14.09.13
A government-proposed initiative aimed at the development of Tatev
(Syunik region) and the neighboring communities has left an earlier
announced plan for the exploitation of a village mine in the shadow.
But the village's headman says the population is for the mine's opening.
`It is necessary to clarify if that can have any ecological
implications,' Seyran Avetisyan, the head of the regional
administration's Department on Local Self-government and Republican
Executive Bodies, told a group of journalist who visited the southern
region on Saturday.
He ruled out the possibility of exploiting the mines in the village
Svarants without proper expert evaluations.
Speaking to Tert.am, the village's governor, Arthur Margaryan, said
the group of Armenian specialists, who conducted a mountain probe from
May until September, have not so far expressed any opinion.
According to him, the people in Svarants prefer the mines to the Tatev
ropeway as they believe that will be a good job opportunity for many.
With Svarants being just several kilometers far from Tatev,
specialists say the mine exploitation may pose serious hazards to the
ropeway.
But Margaryan says they will not be forced to evacuate the population
in case of realizing the plan as village has only iron mines and no
uranium reserves.
Armenian News - Tert.am
21:57 - 14.09.13
A government-proposed initiative aimed at the development of Tatev
(Syunik region) and the neighboring communities has left an earlier
announced plan for the exploitation of a village mine in the shadow.
But the village's headman says the population is for the mine's opening.
`It is necessary to clarify if that can have any ecological
implications,' Seyran Avetisyan, the head of the regional
administration's Department on Local Self-government and Republican
Executive Bodies, told a group of journalist who visited the southern
region on Saturday.
He ruled out the possibility of exploiting the mines in the village
Svarants without proper expert evaluations.
Speaking to Tert.am, the village's governor, Arthur Margaryan, said
the group of Armenian specialists, who conducted a mountain probe from
May until September, have not so far expressed any opinion.
According to him, the people in Svarants prefer the mines to the Tatev
ropeway as they believe that will be a good job opportunity for many.
With Svarants being just several kilometers far from Tatev,
specialists say the mine exploitation may pose serious hazards to the
ropeway.
But Margaryan says they will not be forced to evacuate the population
in case of realizing the plan as village has only iron mines and no
uranium reserves.
Armenian News - Tert.am