Armenia: Locals file lawsuit against Agarak combine demanding compensation for orchards' pollution with industrial wastewater & restoration of their lands
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 1 Apr 2020
Standort: Armenien
Unternehmen
Agarak Copper-Molybdenum Combine - Subsidiary , GeoProMining - Parent CompanyProjekte
Agarak mine - OperationBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Gemeinschaft: ( Number unknown - Armenien , Bergbau , Gender not reported )Themen
Soil pollution , Impacts on LivelihoodsAntwort
Antwort erbeten: Ja, von Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
Art der Quelle: NGO
Kartchevan residents sued Agarak Copper and Molybdenum Combine, 1 April 2020
Simon Khachikyan and Emin Tumanyan, the residents of Kartchevan Village, Syunik Region, filed a lawsuit to Syunik Region Court of General Jurisdiction against Agarak Copper and Molybdenum Combine. They are demanding compensation for the damage caused in the form of the pollution of their orchards with industrial wastewater coming out of the plant and the restoration of their lands. In her conversation with EcoLur, Plaintiffs' Advocate Mariam Abrahamyan said that they are now for the case examination.
According to the advocate, in connection with the problem they applied to Nature Protection and Mining Inspection Body in 2019. "We were told that based on Article 113 of Water Code, the plant was required to immediately stop the damaging activity until the problem is resolved in accordance with the Code, laying down about the penalties in case the activities don’t stop. They also wrote that the Inspection has no right to calculate the damage caused to a person, proposing to settle the issue in accordance with the procedure established by the civil legislation...