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Yusufeli - 2016, 2023...
In the spring of 2023, a new, powerful hydroelectric plant was opened in Turkey - an arch dam on the Chorukh River near Yusufeli in Artvin province in the eastern Black Sea region of Turkey.
Since the beginning of April 2023, the residents of Yusufeli have been slowly watching their city sink. The water in the constructed reservoir for the new hydroelectric power plant rose by about one meter daily and flooded houses, churches, mosques, gardens and cemeteries.
The 270-meter-high hydroelectric power plant will produce 558 megawatts of electricity, which will be enough for the needs of 2.5 million people. However, the construction and flooding of the city caused protests from environmentalists. The researchers claim that the construction and operation of the station destroys the unique biodiversity of the region, because there are 70 endemic plant species here.
Instead of the old Yusufeli, which sank under the reservoir, a new city was built a little higher, where several thousand residents of the old city were relocated.
The Georgian medieval temples - Chala and Akhalta and the Georgian fortress of Kavkasidze, located in the area, were also under water...
(პირველი კადრი ჩემი, მომდევნო ორი - ბუბა კუდავასი)
Yusufeli - 2016, 2023...
In the spring of 2023, a new, powerful hydroelectric plant was opened in Turkey - an arch dam on the Chorukh River near Yusufeli in Artvin province in the eastern Black Sea region of Turkey.
Since the beginning of April 2023, the residents of Yusufeli have been slowly watching their city sink. The water in the constructed reservoir for the new hydroelectric power plant rose by about one meter daily and flooded houses, churches, mosques, gardens and cemeteries.
The 270-meter-high hydroelectric power plant will produce 558 megawatts of electricity, which will be enough for the needs of 2.5 million people. However, the construction and flooding of the city caused protests from environmentalists. The researchers claim that the construction and operation of the station destroys the unique biodiversity of the region, because there are 70 endemic plant species here.
Instead of the old Yusufeli, which sank under the reservoir, a new city was built a little higher, where several thousand residents of the old city were relocated.
The Georgian medieval temples - Chala and Akhalta and the Georgian fortress of Kavkasidze, located in the area, were also under water...
(პირველი კადრი ჩემი, მომდევნო ორი - ბუბა კუდავასი)