Karajan mayor Rafik Atayan today issued a letter to Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan in which he asks the latter to intervene and annul a government decision on Apr. 28, 2011, which determined six villages in the southern Armenian province (marz) of Syunik (including Kajaran) to be on "public priority interest" land and therefore belong to the state, which later transferred the land to the Zangezur Copper and Molybdenum Combine (Plant) to begin open-pit mining operations.
The mayor of the southern Armenian village points out that the government didn’t consult with residents in the area and didn’t include them in the decision-making process. Also, the public is unaware whether the land has been studied and the impact of mining on residents’ health and the surrounding environment assessed.
Armenian News
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