Another scandal around Georgian section of BTC
Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
March 23 2005
Baku, March 22, AssA-Irada — Residents of Akhalkalaki district in
Georgia have declared that they will impede the construction of the
Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline by all means unless BP rehabilitates
the irrigation system in the area, Lider TV reported.
The protesters accuse BP of destroying the irrigation system in the
district and claim that in result they were unable to pick crops in
an area covering 250 hectares.
90% of population of Akhalkalaki is Armenians who were settled in
the district after World War II.
The spokeswoman for BP-Azerbaijan Tamam Bayatly told AssA-Irada that
the company received no information on the matter.*