YEREVAN. – The environmental assessment toward building a hydro power plant (HPP) on Trchkan Fall is canceled, and the soil category on the upper part of the Fall is changed, Nature Protection Minister Aram Harutyunyan on Friday stated at the National Assembly.   

He informed that if the developer wishes to build an HPP, the waste water discharge must not be carried out from the upper, but rather from the lower part of the Fall. In this case, however, a new assessment will be conducted. The machinery is already removed from nearby the Fall, the Minister stated.

As a result of protests by environmental organizations, the Government on Thursday declared Trchkan Fall a special protection area.