EcoLur
"To recognize the hearings null and void," demanded Stepanavan Aarhus Center Coordinator and Chairman of Lore EcoClub Manya Meliqjanyan in the course of the public hearings on 'Stepanavan-1' SHP. The hearings were held on 12 October by 'Molbert' LLC. The day before, 11 October, nobody had any idea about the hearings in Stepanavan Municipality, a project affected community, Manya Meliqjanyan said in her conversation with EcoLur. "We couldn't get any information from anyone. Nobody had any idea about this. The Municiplaty hadn't made any announcements. Only on 12 October, one hour before the hearings, the Municipality confirmed that the public hearings will be held," said M. Meliqjanyan. The environmentalists are concerned with the circumstance that the construction of SHP on the tributary to the Dzoraget River, Chqnagh, will eventually destroy the river ecosystem and destroy the landscape, which attracts many tourists. We couldn't manage to know any details about the project, "We asked to present the project so as the gat familiar with it in-detail, but they didn't hand it in to us, they said made an official enquiry to the office. What are the public hearings designed for, if we can't get familiar with the documents in a standard way? I presented my opinion in writing, and consider these hearings to be null and void, as they have been held with violations. Nevertheless, the Ministry representative didn't accept my statement and didn't hand in the minutes to us and said she would draw up the minutes later, at the Ministry," said Manya Meliqjanyan.
October 12, 2012 at 17:38