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...