The group says that despite the fact that several local residents were detained for questioning after the environmental activists circulated a video showing them hauling off the basalt stones, the problem is an ongoing one.
The Trchkan Civil Initiative is demanding that RA Chief of Police Vladimir Gasparyan launch an investigation into the ongoing desecration and pilferage of the “Stone Symphony” cliffs in the Garni gorge.
“I nearly broke down and cried when I saw the chipped stones and the garbage below. That tragic sight will remain with me,” Mohammad writes about Armenia.
On October 14, the valley of Garni was relatively calm. The noise made by the drills used to destroy the Symphony of Stone had temporarily ceased, perhaps because it was a Sunday and it was unnecessary to reveal one's barbaric side to the tourists marveling at the beauty of the cliff.