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  • Environmentalists Make Developer Stop Construction On River

    ENVIRONMENTALISTS MAKE DEVELOPER STOP CONSTRUCTION ON RIVER

    Tert.am
    31.10.11

    A group of Armenian environmentalists has won a weeks-long fight
    against a developer and has made it stop the construction of a hydro
    power station on Chichkhan River in Armenia's north.

    Robshin, LLC, the company in charge of the construction on the
    Trchkan Waterfall, said in a statement on Monday that it is halting
    down the construction in accordance with a proposal by the Ministry
    of Nature Protection.

    The company also said it is withdrawing its equipment from the
    construction site, adding that the move is also aimed at preventing
    various political speculations.

    "At the same time we are expressing hope that through further
    discussions there will be solutions that will reflect everybody's
    interests," the company's management said in the statement.

    It comes after some of the defenders of the Trchkan Waterfall set up
    tents right in the centre of construction high in the mountains and
    spent days despite cold weather conditions.

    The activists say that the construction of the hydro power station
    at that part of the river will disrupt the ecosystem.

    Armenia has few waterfalls, and that is adding up more sensitivity
    to the issue.

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