Alarm Signal from Mets Ayrum: Pasture Hill Owned by Community Destroyed for Unknown Reasons

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The heavy machinery owned by ‘Akhtala Ore Dressing Combine’ CJSC is destroying the hill considered to be the community pasture in Mets Ayrum Community, Lori Region, as an alarm signal was beaten to EcoLur from Mets Ayrum community.

In his interview with EcoLur Mets Ayrum Community Head Sahak Nazaryan first mentioned this area is located next to the cemetery and the land is relocated to open a parking lot for the cars parking near the cemetery. Under him, the tailing dump hasn’t been reclaimed, but he also didn’t deny that the land is used to fill the upper part of the tailing dump owned by the combine.

Oleg Dulgaryan, Mets Ayrum Aldermen’s Council Member, President of ‘Community Union and Support Center’ NGO noted, ‘What does it mean to destroy a hill, which a community property and a pasture, to change the landscape of the community withou having any proper decision of the Aldermen’s Council or change in the land status and without the consent of the community? Who asked for the permission of the community or what kind of reclaimining it’s all about when reclaiming plan hasn’t been submitted to the commnuty? What are the standards of the reclaiming and why shall a company, the tailing dump of which causes damage to the community residents, mitigate the consequences of the damage with causing another damage?’

March 17, 2015 at 15:55