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NON-HELD HEARINGS IN AKUNQ COMMUNITY - VIDEO
12:54 December 22, 2014
EcoLur
The public hearings on the environmental impact assessment of
Tsarasar gold mining project were supposed to be held at Akunq Rural
Administration building, Gegharkounik Region, at 12:00 on 18 December.
Nevertheless, the organizer of the public hearings - "Armenian
International Gold" LLC didn't attend the public hearings, while
nobody at Akunq Rural Administration building was aware of the public
hearings.
The area of Tsarasar is located in the administrative area of
Akunq village. This area has been leased to Akunq villager Papin
Hambardzumyan for 25 years, who, in his turn, subleases to the
villagers. However, two years ago a company illegally broke into the
area and started destroying 20 ha of land areas without any proper
documents.
"There was a company called Arzoyan Avetiq, who brought machinery
two years ago and destroyed everything here saying he had a permit
from the Ministry," said leaser Papin Hambardzumyan. The document he
presented was a soil management agreement.
Papin Hambardzumyan noted that that in this 140 ha 80 ha is meadow
land, while 60 ha is plough land. In reply to the question on the
damage caused by the company, P. Hambardzumyan outlined, "If we
calculate 20 ha, each year - 2 million AMD, it makes up 10-20 million
AMD during 5 years."
'This village with its 5000 villagers doesn't have enough land areas
for plough and earning their living.'
In reply to the question what their opinion would be, the villagers
said their areas support their living and naturally villagers oppose
to the mine.
http://ecolur.org/en/news/mining/nonheld-hearings-in-akunq-community/6903/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWIEi2S30FU
12:54 December 22, 2014
EcoLur
The public hearings on the environmental impact assessment of
Tsarasar gold mining project were supposed to be held at Akunq Rural
Administration building, Gegharkounik Region, at 12:00 on 18 December.
Nevertheless, the organizer of the public hearings - "Armenian
International Gold" LLC didn't attend the public hearings, while
nobody at Akunq Rural Administration building was aware of the public
hearings.
The area of Tsarasar is located in the administrative area of
Akunq village. This area has been leased to Akunq villager Papin
Hambardzumyan for 25 years, who, in his turn, subleases to the
villagers. However, two years ago a company illegally broke into the
area and started destroying 20 ha of land areas without any proper
documents.
"There was a company called Arzoyan Avetiq, who brought machinery
two years ago and destroyed everything here saying he had a permit
from the Ministry," said leaser Papin Hambardzumyan. The document he
presented was a soil management agreement.
Papin Hambardzumyan noted that that in this 140 ha 80 ha is meadow
land, while 60 ha is plough land. In reply to the question on the
damage caused by the company, P. Hambardzumyan outlined, "If we
calculate 20 ha, each year - 2 million AMD, it makes up 10-20 million
AMD during 5 years."
'This village with its 5000 villagers doesn't have enough land areas
for plough and earning their living.'
In reply to the question what their opinion would be, the villagers
said their areas support their living and naturally villagers oppose
to the mine.
http://ecolur.org/en/news/mining/nonheld-hearings-in-akunq-community/6903/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWIEi2S30FU