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The Tskaltubo Magistrate Court on April 28 found Enka Renewables, the company behind the construction of the controversial Namakhvani hydropower plant project on Western Georgia’s Rioni River, guilty of failing to comply with the terms set by environmental assessment and ecological expertise, and issued a fine of GEL 5,000 (USD 1,450), Civil.ge reported.

The plaintiff, the Department of Environmental Supervision of the Ministry of Environmental Protection alleged that Enka Renewables commenced preparatory works for the construction process with disregard for the conclusions of ecological expertise and the environmental decision, issued on the basis of the Environmental Protection Minister’s order of February 28, 2020.