Фото: RFE\RL

Residents of Toguz-Torow district of Kyrgyzstan came to the place of construction of the gold processing factory. Mayor of the district Tilek Idirisov informed about it. The population assembled to verify that the construction stops.

"Nearly 500 people were gathered near the district center of Culture, 150 of them went to the factory. First members of the commission visited the production site to check whether the construction was being carried out. People also wanted to go inside, as a result, they ruined the gate", - said Idirisov.

According to him, the equipment of the plant was not damaged, and only gate had fallen.

Before this, on February 7, dozens of people gathered in Toguz-Toroda for a rally. They demanded that the gold factory be shut down. The same action was held one week before. Some residents believe that the factory is ecologically harmful.

Maxat Zheenaliyev, head of the company "Zhi El Makmal Devloping", said that the environment will not suffer from production.

Translated by Nazerke Syundyukova

“The Qazaq Times”