GYLA and Green Alternative request for annulment of the environmental decision issued on the building and commissioning of the Oni Hydropower Cascade

GYLA and Green Alternative are filing a lawsuit to the Tbilisi City Court on annulment of the Order of the Minister of Environment and Agriculture dated March 17th, 2020, which has issued the environmental decision on the JSC “Oni Hydropower Cascade” project with the 206.1 MW capacity.

Hydro Power Plant construction company, JSC Oni Cascade, has not provided a mandatory examination envisaged by law on human health and environmental impact and safety risks. The Ministry of Environment Protection and Agriculture of Georgia, instead of refusing to issue a positive decision on the project, instructed the construction company, post factum, to present the information that was critically important and required by law at the decision-making stage.

At the same time, the norms set by national and international law on public awareness in order to ensure their participation in the process of environmental decision-making which was appealed were grossly ignored.

GYLA and the Green Alternative will defend and represent the interests of local citizens in court.