The company Büyükdere Electricity Generation and Storage planned to implement a Solar Power Plant (GES) project over an area of 22 hectares in the village of Xeceri in Dersim. On 6 May, a meeting about the project was held with the participation of the villagers. The villagers opposed the GES project.
Now a document prepared by the Provincial Directorate of Environment and Urbanization and the Provincial Directorate of Agriculture and Forestry regarding the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process found that the GES project would divide the pastureland in the region. It also emphasized that the EIA procedure was found unsuitable.
The decision stated: “According to the letter referenced (b) from the Tunceli Provincial Directorate of Agriculture and Forestry, the pasture property registered in parcel number 134, block 101, in Haceri Village is of good quality, and the planned activity would seriously and negatively impact its use purpose by dividing the pasture parcel into fragmented pieces. As a result of the evaluation, it has been expressed that the EIA process was found unsuitable.”
Source: ANF News
