Tbilisi. CSO "Green Alternative" has released a statement on natural processes taking place in the Dariali Valley. "Unfortunately, these days media disseminates misinforming statements of representatives of the Georgian Government concerning allegedly the position of environmentalists that the hydro power stations that are built in the Dariali Valley have caused a landslide from the Devdoraki glacier. With these statements they try to conceal number of irresponsible and potentially corruption decisions made during the approval and implementation of these projects... A natural disaster of May 17 has clearly demonstrated deplorable results that an incomplete environmental impact assessment and the irresponsible decisions of the authorities may bring about. Projects ignoring environmental conditions and focusing on maximum economic profit only overall damage not only the natural and social environment, but trigger grave economic damages as well," says the statement.

Source: greenalt.org