Epress.am News from Armenia
The Ministry of Nature Protection just responds to the buildings constructed along Lake Sevan’s coast, but doesn’t provide a final solution, said Ecolur NGO President Inga Zarafyan at a press conference today.
As an example, Zarafyan noted the Gegamet Plus CJSC (a mining and exploration company) processing plant along Lake Sevan’s Shorja coast.
“We met with Gegamet Plus President Vladimir Gasparyan, [and] spoke about the plant’s dangers; however, he told us that their activities aren’t harmful, and the tailings leaked as a result of processing include a natural filter and do not pose a threat,” explained Zarafyan.
The Ecolur president considered the activities of MIKA Cement as likewise dangerous.
“MIKA Cement company also day and night takes cement from the so-called Artanish area, however that area is likewise included in Sevan’s ecosystem,” she said.