Georgia: Protesters gathered near Enka Renewables demanding the company drop their plans for dam construction
摘要
日期: 2020年11月23日
地点: 格鲁吉亚
项目
Namakhvani HPP Cascade Project - Unknown受影响的
受影响的总人数: 数字未知
小区: ( 数字未知 - 地点未知 - 未知行业 , Gender not reported )议题
受伤 , 殴打和暴力 , 文化问题回应
Response sought: 否
信息来源: News outlet
Activists protest dam construction in northwest Georgia, 23 November 2020
...On 22 November, opponents of the Namakhvani HPP Cascade Project gathered outside the offices of Enka Renewables in Zhoneti, a village 20 kilometres north of the capital of Imereti, Kutaisi. They demanded that the company drop their plans to construct the dam...
Activists have also been critical of the Environmental Protection Ministry for rushing through public discussions on the project... Georgian Public Defender Nino Lomjaria joined critics and reminded the authorities that participating in the decision-making process on projects with an environmental impact was enshrined in the constitution...
A 2019 environmental impact report by Tbilisi-based agency Gamma Consulting, a group criticised by some green policy advocates for approving unsuccessful energy projects in the past, confirmed that the project would submerge three villages as well as lands used by residents of two other villages in Tskaltubo Municipality.
Additionally, the Lower Namakhvani plant would isolate two more villages, causing the resettlement of a total 297 households in the Tskaltubo Municipality...
Opponents have also warned against the impact on people’s livelihoods along the Rioni River valley, including damage to the region’s tourism, biodiversity, cultural heritage, and a threat of the whole region...