Price tag of Georgia’s Nenskra dam goes through the roof
December 4, 2017
New information reveals the disproportionate price that Georgia’s government guarantees to pay for electricity from the Nenskra dam. The increasingly unfavourable economics strengthen calls to finally make the project’s contract publicly available.
Communities in Chuberi and Nakra, Georgia, address financiers of Nenskra hydropower plant
November 23, 2017
In this letter, communities affected by the Nenskra hydropower plant in Georgia, explain the project promoter’s inadequate engagement with locals and ask the international financial institutions to stop considering financing the project. More than 100
Gioni Tsindeliani
November 17, 2017
‘It’s not only the problem of the Nenskra dam, there are 36 dams planned in Svaneti.’
Giorgi Tsindeliani
November 17, 2017
‘These lands are used as pastures by our families.’
Zaza Vibliani
November 17, 2017
‘In our ravine live around 320 families, all of them are indigenous people.’
Lile Chkhetiani
November 17, 2017
‘I am a local of the village, I love Chuberi and I support it.’
Nazo Khergiani
November 17, 2017
‘It is impossible for anyone to change anything in Svaneti, because it will be the destruction of Svaneti and the Svan people.’
Sasha Chkhetiani
November 17, 2017
‘I have heard about the Nenskra project and I am totally against it.’
Keto Dadeshkeliani
November 17, 2017
‘We are not going to live without Svaneti. We grew up in the mountains, we are children of the mountains.’
Youth group ‘Let’s strengthen rural youth’
November 17, 2017
‘It is important to recycle in Svaneti because a lot of garbage has been thrown in Svaneti for last period of time.’
