5000 signatures collected against HPP construction
The ‘Let's Preserve the Trchkan Waterfall' social initiative has already collected 5000 signatures against the construction of a hydropower plant (HPP) on the River Chichkhan, near the Trchkan waterfall.
Talking to A1+, Edgar Harutyunyan, a member of the initiative group, said that Robshin Company which is in charge of the construction has also launched collection of signatures in neighbouring villages in favour of the construction.
Harutyunyan says the company is cheating villagers as it is concealing the true purpose of signatures.
"Their signatures cannot be significant. Robshin is waiting or us to leave the site and to proceed with the construction but we shall not allow them to do it," said the environmentalist.
Remind that members of the ‘Let's Preserve the Trchkan Waterfall' social initiative are on an open-ended sitting strike at the Trchkan waterfall. Presently there are more than 20 activists on the site. Another eight people are expected to join them from Yerevan later in the day.
"We shall not leave the area unless they stop the construction of the hydropower plant on the river," said Harutyunyan.
