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  • Activists Call For Stronger Measures To Protect Trchkan Waterfall

    ACTIVISTS CALL FOR STRONGER MEASURES TO PROTECT TRCHKAN WATERFALL

    Tert.am
    12:32 01.11.11

    No Silence Youth initiative and the Armenian NGO Ecolur consider
    a recent statement on suspending the construction of a hydropower
    plant in the vicinities of Trchkan waterfall to be a trick aimed at
    distracting public attention.

    In a written claim issued in that connection, they say Robshin
    company's statement (which deals with the construction) does not have
    any legal force, with the nature protection minister's permission to
    use water and a recent environmental assessment remaining in effect.

    Both documents are considered illegal, given that the waterfall
    was included in the list of Armenia's water monuments under a 2008
    Government decision.

    Concerned that Robshin may waive its "good will gesture" at any moment,
    the activists call for proper legislation to ban the construction of
    the hydropower plant on the site.

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