YEREVAN. – The “SOS Sevan” initiative members on Monday are holding a protest outside the National Assembly (NA) building.   

Holding signs, the environmentalists demand from the NA not to pass the government bill on releasing additional water from Lake Sevan.

“We are holding our action for our future. [Lake] Sevan has a strategic importance for us. We have brought strong evidence that you cannot release that much water from the lake for five years and develop pisciculture in this way. Lake Sevan will become a swamp as a result of releasing the water.

“In addition, the ecology of the water will change as a consequence of the development of pisciculture. Genetically modified organisms will appear in Lake Sevan, which [i.e., the organisms] which will turn [Lake] Sevan into a swamp,” “Ecological Social Alliance” NGO Coordinator Silva Adamyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.          

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