A road near the Bashkir village of Maryevka was covered in chicken manure. Local residents suspect it was a poultry farm's retaliation.
"Are they showing off their impunity or something? The whole road! As if on purpose, as if they were driving with the side of the car open. Is this some kind of revenge against the locals? For their complaint," the video's author comments. оpublished Telegram channel "Green Shield." It shows one lane of the roadway covered in litter.
The author of the video means in anddeconversion Local residents filed a complaint with the Chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, Alexander Bastrykin, and the heads of federal agencies in July. They asked for an investigation into the situation surrounding the villages of Burikazgan, Maryevka, Karmaskaly, Muravei, and Rassvet Gardens. Chicken manure from the Ashkadarskaya poultry farm in Sterlitamak is being dumped in the fields near these villages. As a result, residents suffer from a fly infestation and a constant stench, and are concerned about the condition of nearby bodies of water and the quality of their drinking water. In July, they even barriershave given the way for the trucks that took the manure to the fields.
Residents previously appealed to the Sterlitamak District Administration, Rospotrebnadzor, and the local Ministry of Ecology to inspect the poultry farm, but nothing changed.
As local residents explain, dumping manure onto fields isn't just an inconvenience; it's a violation of the law: "Russian law prohibits dumping fresh manure and slurry onto fields, as they pollute the soil and air. It takes several years for manure and slurry to turn into compost."
Video: Green Shield
