Why have you come, environmentalists?
Today in Meghradzor village an incident was recorded between the farmers and the environmental organizations, although there was no cause for quarrel.
The environmentalists had come to hold a discussion with the farmers about starting the operation of the gold mine of Meghradzor with cyanic methods.
The farmers, a vast majority of who are employees in "Meghradzor Gold" company expressed their position that they were against it and rejected the cyanide mine operation method.
" We have analyzed this issue a few months ago we have come to an agreement with the director of the gold mine that in Meghradzor gold production with cyanide extraction will not be" ,-village head of Meghradzor Karlen Hovhannisyan said.
Whereas the head of "Ecological Academy" NGO Greta Gabrielyan notes:
"Usually this is done when all public hearings have already been done, the community has given agreement and only in this case it is presented to the ministry, expecting to get a positive conclusion",- Gabrielyan says.
In response to this statement, Meghradzor residents were claiming that they had already expressed their position and were not going to change their mind.
After a long debate-discussion the environmentalists were insisting that the operation of the mine with the mentioned methods should not be allowed by no means, especially considering the fact that Meghradzor is a resort area with great deal of residential communities nearby. They mentioned that the "robbery" of gold mines could be continued in Ararat, as it was functioning for a long time.
