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    ILLEGAL HYDROPOWER PLANT ON ARGITCHI RIVER HAS NOT BEEN DISMANTLED YET

    ArmInfo
    2010-11-01 14:01:00

    ArmInfo. The Aarhus Center in Gavar urges the Public Prosecutor's
    Office of Armenia to investigate Zangezour Eximp's activity connected
    with construction of a hydropower plant on the Argitchi River.

    EcoLur NGO told ArmInfo that on October 29 a letter was sent to
    Armenian Nature Protection Minister Aram Haroutyunyan and Prosecutor
    General of Armenia Aghvan Hovsepyan. The letter says that though
    "Nature Protection Ministry of RA, as well as the Committee on Lake
    Sevan Issues recognized illegal the building of a small hydropower
    plant on Gayladzor, a tributary to the Argitchi River, nevertheless,
    nothing was said about the damage caused by "Zangezour Eximp"
    to environment. The matter is the illegal civil works resulted
    in violation of the Argitchi River ecosystem, an artery to Lake
    Sevan. Regional Governor Never Poghosyan demanded to dismantle
    the construction within one month in his letter and to recover the
    landscape.

    We think Nature Protection Ministry of RA didn't perform its main
    obligations in regard with Lake Sevan ecosystem conservation, the
    State Environmental Inspection didn't give any assessment to damage
    caused to Lake Sevan ecosystem due to civil works, ecosystem of
    mountain landscapes, including water resources of mountain springs.

    The Public Prosecutor's Office called neither the company to order,
    nor the representatives of the local police who had organized a real
    roundup for the people who were protection their right to water and
    life, and the state priority-Lake Sevan.

    We demand from Nature Protection Ministry to perform obligations
    imposed on them in regard with Lake Sevan ecosystem and drainage
    basin conservation, preservation of mountain landscape ecosystems,
    preservation of freshwater strategic reserves within tight deadlines
    in order to carry out checks on the spot of illegal construction;
    to assess damage caused to Lake Sevan ecosystem and mountain
    landscape ecosystems, including freshwater strategic reserves; to
    ensure dismantling process of the illegal construction through acts
    drawn up by the State Environmental Inspection by mentioning the
    amount of damage; to set up a monitoring group together with local
    administration bodies and community representatives to control the
    abovementioned demands.

    We demand from Public Prosecutor's Office of RA to investigate
    the activities of "Zangezour Eximp" Company in regard with the
    construction of Gayladzor, a tributary to the Argitchi River, and to
    ensure performance of the Governor's written assignment on dismantling
    of the illegal construction".

    The copies of the letter were sent to Vice Premier, Minister of
    Territorial Administration of Armenia Armen Gevorgyan and Chairman
    of the Committee on Lake Sevan Issues under the Armenian President
    Vladimir Movsisyan.




    From: A. Papazian
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