Residents of 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 210,000 square meters metrekare of forest will be cut' and for generating 'such a small amount miktar of 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 similar demonstration gösteri throughout baştan başa the country, villagers in the Loç Valley in Kastamonu are rallying to halt durdurmak the construction of a dam baraj project in the area they say will make water scarcer az; eksik and generate little electricity.

"We are waiting for the expert report from court mahkeme to halt the construction. If the report rules emretmek otherwise 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 water shortage yokluk. 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.

"The valley vadi was within the borders of a national park, where people can neither live nor even drive a nail çivi çakmak. But the government made this protected area a buffer tampon zone 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 a gap boşluk in the law and arranged an environmental impact etki study, or ÇED, which the Forestry Directorate approved,' he said.

The hydroelectric station, or HES, will have a dramatic impact etki on the valley, which worries the villagers. The water collection sets may cause the water to rise and flood sel basmak the riverbed and nearby property. For the people of the valley, this may mean financial loss and the extinction yok olma of certain species tür of 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 be purchased satın almak, 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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