Armenia: Local residents opposing Teghout mine block roads & urge company to stop pollution, incl. co. comments
Summary
Date Reported: 25 Jan 2022
Location: Armenia
Companies
VTB Bank - Parent Company , Teghout CJSC - SubsidiaryProjects
Teghout mining and processing plant - OperationAffected
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Community: ( Number unknown - Armenia , Mining , Gender not reported )Issues
Soil pollution , Clean, Healthy & Sustainable EnvironmentResponse
Response sought: No
Source type: NGO
Protest demonstrators in Teghout to meet with Lori regional head tomorrow, 25 January 2022
...Teghout residents, Lori Region, blocked the road leading to the infrastructure of "Teghout" CJSC demanding that the company solve the problems raised by them.
In particular, the protesters demanded an end to emissions into agricultural lands and the environment, and to provide agricultural land areas to villagers deprived of alternative development opportunities until jobs are created.
The representative of "Teghout" CJSC, who came out to meet with the protesters, hearing about all the problems, responded that the company has no leakage and no emissions...