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VILLAGERS PROTESTING CONSTRUCTION OF HYDROELECTRIC PLANT DIDN'T MEET WITH VICE PRIME MINISTER
http://www.epress.am/en/2014/03/14/villagers-protesting-construction-of-hydroelectric-plant-didnt-meet-with-vice-prime-minister.html
03.14.2014 18:30 epress.am
Residents of 7 rural communities of Aragatsotn marz (province)
protesting construction of a hydroelectric power station near the
villages of Karbi and Ohanavan gathered this morning in the center
of Ohanavan, expecting to meet RA Vice Prime Minister, Minister of
Territorial Administration Armen Gevorgyan, but after waiting for a
few hours, they learned that the meeting will not be taking place,
a resident of the village of Ushi, Lena Petrosyan, informed Epress.am.
According to her, they were promised that the deputy prime minister
would come and personally meet with the villagers to get acquainted
with their concerns; however, hours later, Ohanavan's village head
found out that Gevorgyan will come to the village a few days later.
Environmental activist Gevorg Safaryan, who joined the villagers
today, informed the Epress.am correspondent that the villagers felt
cheated and initially blocked the road leading to Ushi and Ohananvan,
but later, gradually began to disperse.
"They came to meet [the deputy PM], but the village head said the
meeting will take place next week, as well as saying that he wants
15-20 people at the meeting and not a huge mass -- this further enraged
the crowd. They insisted that they will all participate in the meeting,
after which the demonstration ended," he said.
The villagers also insisted they will continue their protests in
Yerevan, if they don't achieve success here.
Recall, on March 6, hundreds of villagers for several hours blocked
the Ohanavan-Ushi road and demanded to stop construction of the
hydroelectric power station, which they claim will deprive them of
irrigation water. The protestors say the power plant will consume
so much water from the Aparan reservoir that that their gardens and
yards will dry up. Their protest succeeded in the removal of the
construction equipment from the site.
From: A. Papazian
http://www.epress.am/en/2014/03/14/villagers-protesting-construction-of-hydroelectric-plant-didnt-meet-with-vice-prime-minister.html
03.14.2014 18:30 epress.am
Residents of 7 rural communities of Aragatsotn marz (province)
protesting construction of a hydroelectric power station near the
villages of Karbi and Ohanavan gathered this morning in the center
of Ohanavan, expecting to meet RA Vice Prime Minister, Minister of
Territorial Administration Armen Gevorgyan, but after waiting for a
few hours, they learned that the meeting will not be taking place,
a resident of the village of Ushi, Lena Petrosyan, informed Epress.am.
According to her, they were promised that the deputy prime minister
would come and personally meet with the villagers to get acquainted
with their concerns; however, hours later, Ohanavan's village head
found out that Gevorgyan will come to the village a few days later.
Environmental activist Gevorg Safaryan, who joined the villagers
today, informed the Epress.am correspondent that the villagers felt
cheated and initially blocked the road leading to Ushi and Ohananvan,
but later, gradually began to disperse.
"They came to meet [the deputy PM], but the village head said the
meeting will take place next week, as well as saying that he wants
15-20 people at the meeting and not a huge mass -- this further enraged
the crowd. They insisted that they will all participate in the meeting,
after which the demonstration ended," he said.
The villagers also insisted they will continue their protests in
Yerevan, if they don't achieve success here.
Recall, on March 6, hundreds of villagers for several hours blocked
the Ohanavan-Ushi road and demanded to stop construction of the
hydroelectric power station, which they claim will deprive them of
irrigation water. The protestors say the power plant will consume
so much water from the Aparan reservoir that that their gardens and
yards will dry up. Their protest succeeded in the removal of the
construction equipment from the site.
From: A. Papazian