Residents of Mount Lebanon’s Ain- Dara and neighboring towns staged a sit-in on Saturday to protest against the establishment of a cement plant in the town.
At the demonstration, Agriculture Minister Akram Chehayeb stressed that “Neither black nor red T-shirts will scare them off”’.
The Minister questioned how the owner of the project Pierre Fattoush managed to attain the permit, adding that the industrial complex is not a political project, as much as it’s an environmental and life concerned one.
Protesters called the project “the factory of death”, demanding its prevention.