Georgia: Adverse impacts brought to light in a study on Paravani HPP
摘要
日期: 2013年10月3日
地點: 喬治亞
企業
Georgian Urban Energy - Unknown項目
Paravani HPP - Unknown受影響的
受影響的總人數: 數字未知
社區: ( 數字未知 - 地點未知 - 未知行业 , Gender not reported ) , Ecosystem: ( 數字未知 - 地點未知 - 未知行业 , Gender not reported )議題
歧視/多元文化:綜合 , 抗議 , 土地權 , 影響評估 , 水的獲取 , 訊息獲取 , Water pollution , Ownership of Property & Possessions , Displacement , Corruption , Wage Theft , Clean, Healthy & Sustainable Environment , Impacts on Livelihoods , Personal Health回應
Response sought: 否
資訊來源: NGO
Paravani HPP: Study on the impacts of EU controversial investments, 2013
...The project proponents claim that the project‘s ESIA adheres to EBRD and IFC standards. Thus, the preparation and implementation of the project are in compliance with the best international standards. However, despite the type of HPP and its moderate size, the project is likely to have drastic impacts on the River Paravani. Moreover, the HPP’s development impacts are highly questionable...
The project will have drastic negative impacts on the biodiversity of River Paravani, as the project plans to divert 90 percent of the annual average flow (AAF) of River Paravani to River Mtkvari...
One of the major potential social impacts of the project is the risk of flooding the village of Khertvisi located downstream of the powerhouse of the project...
According to locals, almost every spring River Mtkvari floods the village, especially those land plots and houses located along the river, because of the lack of bank protection on the river. People fear that if riverbank protection measures are not implemented it will be impossible to live in the village after project implementation...
Apart from flooding, the ESIA also fails to describe problems regarding access to pastures and subsequent mitigation measures. According to the local population, since the start of construction works they have not been allowed to graze their cattle on their pastures (“Kvarsa”) as the path to the pastures has been closed by the project sponsor, while instead of pasture there is a gravel quarry. As a result, villagers have been forced to take cattle kilometers away from the village, which negatively impacts their productivity...