"…TOXIC DAM, DEAD LANDS AND CYANIDE CEMETERY AS OUR HERITAGE"

Panorama.am
12:52 23/03/2009

"Lake Sevan has a strategic notion for Armenia and according to
legislation of the country any activity, especially, if it is a mining
processing industry, putting in danger the lake is forbidden," Inga
Zarafyan, the President of "EcoLur" environmental NGO told Panorama.am.

The environmentalist is concerned about the issue as irrespective
of the legislation the "GeoProMining" Company is going to present
a project to the Government to establish gold processing company
by the lake. "The project of the company includes gold processing
factory, a barn of cyanide and pesticide, as well as tailing dam,"
said I. Zarafyan.

According to Zarafyan, after the company stops its activities, 100
million tones of toxic dam, dead lands, cyanide cemetery will remain.

It is important to mention that in World Water Day, on 22 March,
bicycle march has been conducted in Yerevan. The participants of the
march were holding special boards with Lake Sevan image on them.