{"id":16564,"date":"2021-06-30T12:13:54","date_gmt":"2021-06-30T10:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=16564"},"modified":"2021-06-30T12:13:54","modified_gmt":"2021-06-30T10:13:54","slug":"townspeople-protest-against-construction-of-hydropower-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/townspeople-protest-against-construction-of-hydropower-plant\/","title":{"rendered":"Townspeople protest against construction of hydropower plant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday morning, the townspeople of Zall-Gjo\u00e7aj, a town from the county of Dibra, are protesting in front of the Administrative Court of Appeal in Tirana, as they claim that their complaints are falling to deaf ears.<\/p>\n<p>They are calling on the court to assign a date as soon as possible in order to halt the construction work of a hydropower plant near their town.<\/p>\n<p>The First Instance Administrative Court in Tirana dismissed a lawsuit filed by the locals of Zall-Gjo\u00e7aj, Melth, and Mat, and several Civil Society Organizations, which sought to suspend the construction of the Seka hydropower plant on river Zall-Gjo\u00e7aj.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time that these locals, aided by environmental activists, stand up against constructions at the National Park of Zall-Gjo\u00e7aj.<\/p>\n<p>They claim that the hydropower plant will be erected on the grounds of a corruptive affair that favors oligarchs but it will also bear high environmental costs in the ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2020\/11\/18\/world-renowned-actor-dicaprio-praises-decision-of-the-government-to-save-the-vjosa-river-from-hydropower-construction\/\">World-renowned actor DiCaprio praises government\u2019s decision to save the Vjosa River from hydropower construction<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/news\/2020\/10\/26\/150-international-ngos-manifesto-no-more-new-hydropower-in-europe\/\">150 International NGOs manifesto: \u00a0No more new hydropower in Europe<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2020\/06\/23\/environmental-massacre-in-velipoja-demolition-debris-unloaded-nearby-hydro-plant-at-viluni-lagoon\/\">Environmental massacre in Velipoja, demolition debris unloaded nearby hydropower plant at Viluni Lagoon<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday morning, the townspeople of Zall-Gjo\u00e7aj, a town from the county of Dibra, are protesting in front of the Administrative Court of Appeal in Tirana, as they claim that their complaints are falling to deaf ears. 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