Armenia: Local residents opposing Teghout mine block roads & urge company to stop pollution, incl. co. comments
Résumé
Date indiquée: 25 Jan 2022
Lieu: Arménie
Entreprises
Teghout CJSC - Subsidiary , VTB Bank - Parent CompanyProjets
Teghout mining and processing plant - OperationConcerné
Nombre total de personnes concernées: Chiffre inconnu
Communauté: ( Chiffre inconnu - Arménie , Exploitation minière , Gender not reported )Enjeux
Soil pollution , Clean, Healthy & Sustainable EnvironmentRéponse
Response sought: Non
Type de source: 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...