Armenia: Small hydropower plant on Argitchi river a source of stress for residents and environment
الملخص
Date Reported: 4 أكتوبر 2021
الموقع: أرمينيا
الشركات
Hydrocorporation CJSC - Unknownالمشاريع
Argitchi SHPP - Unknownالفئة المتأثرة
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
مجتمع: ( Number unknown - Location unknown - Sector unknown , Gender not reported )القضايا
Geological stability , الحقوق في الأراضي , الحصول على المياه , Impacts on Livelihoods , Personal Healthالرد
Response sought: لا
نوع المصدر: NGO
Resident: "Argitchi" SHPP Is "Bomb" for Adjacent Communities, 04 October 2021
Recently, the pipe of Argichi SHPP, built on the Argitchi River in Gegharkunik Region, exploded once again, creating a hole 3 meters deep. Each time such accidents cause great damage to the locals and their land areas the SHPP pipeline passes through...
Argitchi SHPP creates a problem of water scarcity in the communities, working during the irrigation season. For years, community residents have received access to irrigation water as a result of protests and road closures...
Another member of SOS Argitchi initiative, Paytsar Aghababyan, a resident of Verin Getashen Community, said that areas of the village were destroyed due to the SHPP activities, people did not receive compensation or if they did, it was a negligible amount...
Due to the noise of the station's aggregators, the recreation areas were reduced...