On 16 August, the Armenian government decided to make water outlets from Lake Sevan up to 279.2 million square meters to ensure continuous irrigation of land areas supplied with Sevan-Hrazdan irrigation-energy system.
The civic initiative of Trchkan supporters and "Bnapahpanutyun” (Nature Protection) group disseminated on Facebook social network a statement to Nature Protection Minister Aram Harutyunyan
Nature Protection Ministry and Energy and Natural Resources Ministry of Armenia don’t deal with the seismic safety of the tailing dumps, mines and toxic dumps in Armenia.
Another gold mine, one out of 14 in the balance of Armenia, is going to be opencast developed. This is Bardzradir or Mazrin mine located next to Tsav Village in Syunik region.
