Loç Vadisi'ne baraj inşaası tartışmalara sebep oluyor
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Dam construction in Turkey's Loç Valley stirs debate
10/14/2010 11:13:34
Residentsof a village in the northern Turkey are in a war against the construction of a hydroelectric station on Devrekanı River, saying that 'the trees in 210,000square metersof forest will be cut' and for generating 'such a smallamountof electricity that it will not even meet the need of a shopping mall in Istanbul.' Villagers in Loç Valley, Kastamonu are calling local authorities to stop the construction.
Following the lead of similardemonstrationthroughoutthe country, villagers in the Loç Valley in Kastamonu are rallying tohaltthe construction of adamproject in the area they say will make waterscarcerand generate little electricity.
"We are waiting for the expert report fromcourtto halt the construction. If the reportrulesotherwise the trees in the 210,000 square meters of forest will be cut,' said Erdinç Ay, spokesman of Loç Valley Protection Platform, which is trying to protect the Devrekanı River in the northern province.
"Some 6,000 villagers in [the coastal district of] Cide already experience watershortage. If the HES is built, it will get worse. Also the HES will generate such a small amount of electricity that it will not even meet the need of Istanbul's Cevahir Shopping Center,' Ay said.
"Thevalleywas within the borders of a national park, where people can neither live nor evendrive a nail. But the government made this protected area abufferzone in 2009 when the HES project was first mentioned so that villagers could live here and protect the valley. But the construction company evaluated this as agapin the law and arranged an environmentalimpactstudy, or ÇED, which the Forestry Directorate approved,' he said.
The hydroelectric station, or HES, will have a dramaticimpacton the valley, which worries the villagers. The water collection sets may cause the water to rise andfloodthe riverbed and nearby property. For the people of the valley, this may mean financial loss and theextinctionof certainspeciesof plants and animals in the area.
"Why should we lose what we have had for so long here in the valley, for electricity we are not going to use? Energy can always bepurchased, no matter how expensive. However, we cannot purchase nature once it is destroyed,' says Fatma Ay, who added that she was also worried about water poisoning.
Loç Vadisi'ne baraj inşaası tartışmalara sebep oluyor - Dam construction in Turkey's Loç Valley stirs debate
Residentsof a village in the northern Turkey are in a war against the construction of a hydroelectric station on Devrekanı River, saying that 'the trees in 210,000square metersof forest will be cut' and for generating 'such a smallamountof electricity that it will not even meet the need of a shopping mall in Istanbul.' Villagers in Loç Valley, Kastamonu are calling local authorities to stop the construction.
Following the lead of similardemonstrationthroughoutthe country, villagers in the Loç Valley in Kastamonu are rallying tohaltthe construction of adamproject in the area they say will make waterscarcerand generate little electricity.
"We are waiting for the expert report fromcourtto halt the construction. If the reportrulesotherwise the trees in the 210,000 square meters of forest will be cut,' said Erdinç Ay, spokesman of Loç Valley Protection Platform, which is trying to protect the Devrekanı River in the northern province.
"Some 6,000 villagers in [the coastal district of] Cide already experience watershortage. If the HES is built, it will get worse. Also the HES will generate such a small amount of electricity that it will not even meet the need of Istanbul's Cevahir Shopping Center,' Ay said.
"Thevalleywas within the borders of a national park, where people can neither live nor evendrive a nail. But the government made this protected area abufferzone in 2009 when the HES project was first mentioned so that villagers could live here and protect the valley. But the construction company evaluated this as agapin the law and arranged an environmentalimpactstudy, or ÇED, which the Forestry Directorate approved,' he said.
The hydroelectric station, or HES, will have a dramaticimpacton the valley, which worries the villagers. The water collection sets may cause the water to rise andfloodthe riverbed and nearby property. For the people of the valley, this may mean financial loss and theextinctionof certainspeciesof plants and animals in the area.
"Why should we lose what we have had for so long here in the valley, for electricity we are not going to use? Energy can always bepurchased, no matter how expensive. However, we cannot purchase nature once it is destroyed,' says Fatma Ay, who added that she was also worried about water poisoning.
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