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Association of flood-damaged home owners of Mesochora: “The Acheloos”<\/h2>\n

EST. 1988<\/p>\n

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The goal<\/h3><\/div><\/div>

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The goal of the association is to save Mesochora and Acheloos from the upcoming flood and the enviromental damage because of the Mesochora’s dam, which is part of the Acheloos’ Diversion project.<\/p>\n

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7th appeal to the Council of State<\/h3><\/div><\/div>

<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>[vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”-20″][vc_column_text]Nov. 2020: The Hellenic Council of State, for seventh time in a row, accepted the request of the association (submitted on Nov. 9th, 2017) to cancel the  Environmental Impact Study of the Greek Ministry of Environment and Energy.[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”20″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”grid” oblique_section=”no” text_align=”center” triangle_shape=”no” padding_top=”25″ padding_bottom=”90″ css_animation=”” box_shadow_on_row=”no”][vc_column]More<\/a>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”parallax” type=”grid” text_align=”center” triangle_shape=”no” background_image=”51629″ full_screen_section_height=”no” section_height=”300″][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1618777657209{padding-top: 70px !important;}”]

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years of struggling<\/h4><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1618777724095{padding-top: 70px !important;}”]
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Mesochora<\/h3><\/div><\/div>

<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>[vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”-20″][vc_column_text]Mesochora is located in the south-west side of the mountain range Pindus. It is a village of the municipality of Pyli in the Trikala regional unit (region of Thessaly).[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”20″ down=”0″]Mesochora<\/a>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″ offset=”vc_col-md-offset-0 vc_col-md-4 vc_col-sm-offset-3 vc_col-xs-12″][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”45″ down=”0″]

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Acheloos<\/h3><\/div><\/div>

<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>[vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”-20″][vc_column_text]Acheloos, also known as Aspropotamos (\u0391\u03c3\u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c0\u03cc\u03c4\u03b1\u03bc\u03bf\u03c2), is the second longest river in Greece. Both its headwater and mouth are in the greek mainland.[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”20″ down=”0″]Acheloos<\/a>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″ offset=”vc_col-md-offset-0 vc_col-md-4 vc_col-sm-offset-3 vc_col-xs-12″][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”45″ down=”0″]

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The Dam<\/h3><\/div><\/div>

<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>[vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”-20″][vc_column_text]\u03a4he Dam of Mesochora was originally designed by the PPC of Greece as a pure hydroelectirc project, with 60m height. However, it was then integrated into the Acheloos Diversion project and its hight was raised to 155m.[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”20″ down=”0″]Mesochora's Dam<\/a>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”parallax” type=”grid” text_align=”center” triangle_shape=”no” background_image=”50973″ full_screen_section_height=”no” section_height=”300″][vc_column][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”126″ down=”0″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

300 families expelled from their land<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n

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News (in Greek)<\/h2>\n

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