The Pan-Armenian Environmental Front has urged the Prosecutor General's Office to inquire into the illegal construction of a processing factory in the village of Tashtoun, Syunik region.
The environmentalists say that the owner of the project, AT Metals LLC, has no documents authorizing it to carry out earth moving and concrete casting work in the area.
This fact has been proved by the Urban Development Ministry, which urged the company on July 12 to stop the illegal construction and to eliminate its consequences. Relevant materials were sent to the police of Syunik region.
But the work is still underway.
"While our authorities are feigning efforts to stop the activity, the project is being continued. On July 27 Hayastani Hanrapetutyun newspaper published an ad saying that the prefect of Tashtoun Mr. Gabrielyan was going to sell 2,155 h of public land for a factory to be built in the area. This proves that instead of fulfilling the authorities' instruction to stop the project, Gabrielyan entered into a criminal conspiracy with AT Metals and is trying to help the company to get land for its illegal endeavor," the environmentalists say.
Earlier Ecolur reported that AT Metals was planning to extract gold and silver in Meghrasar complex deposit.