BUILDERS OF BAKU-GEIHAN REFUSE TO RECOVER DAMAGE TO ARMENIAN VILLAGE

Lragir.am
14 June 06

AKHALKALAKI, JUNE 13, A-INFO. SPI-Capag-Petrofac carrying out the
construction of of the section of Baku-Geihan running through Georgia
damaged the soil of the village of Ghado, Akhalkalaki using sand
necessary for the construction of the oil pipeline, and refuses to
recover the damage.

The building company says the land they used belongs to the state and
they had a special license of the Ministry of Environmental Protection
to use it.

The inhabitants of the village of Ghado say the sand used in
construction was extracted from the territory they own, and they
have a corresponding certificate on public ownership. Besides, the
inhabitants of Ghado say when the soil of the Georgian villages was
used for the same purpose, the damages were recovered at full.

Presently the inhabitants of Ghado rely on the justice of Georgian
law-enforcement agencies. Their claim was lodged with the Office of
Head Public Prosecutions of Georgia.