Armenia: Local residents opposing Teghout mine block roads & urge company to stop pollution, incl. co. comments
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 25 Jan 2022
Standort: Armenien
Unternehmen
Teghout CJSC - Subsidiary , VTB Bank - Parent CompanyProjekte
Teghout mining and processing plant - OperationBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Gemeinschaft: ( Number unknown - Armenien , Bergbau , Gender not reported )Themen
Soil pollution , Clean, Healthy & Sustainable EnvironmentAntwort
Response sought: Nein
Art der Quelle: 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...