The owners of a site where a landfill is planned to be built near Sysert in Sverdlovsk Oblast have received a warning from Rosselkhoznadzor.
Rosselkhoznadzor Sverdlovsk area It was discovered that the landowner, Agrompromkredit Bank, is neither cultivating nor using the land designated for agriculture. If the land remains unused for three years, the state may seize it, It's My City reports.
Rosselkhoznadzor employees in response to an environmental activist's appeal Nikita Solovyov reported that they had carried out the necessary research: “[We] have established that the site has been unused for a long time and that its entire area is overgrown with trees, shrubs, and weeds.”
The Sverdlovsk Region Prosecutor's Office will also inspect Agrompromkredit Bank following a request from a State Duma deputy. Andrew Alshevsky.
"For many years, the land designated for solid municipal waste disposal sat empty. And in theory, Rosselkhoznadzor should have initiated the confiscation procedure. But it didn't. It asked the prosecutor's office to assess the officials' inaction." — the deputy commented on his appeal to the department.
People Sysert People are protesting the construction of a solid waste sorting plant near their homes. Dozens of people have already held three protests and are continuing to collect signatures to stop the construction.
The landfill is planned to be built by structures associated with businessmen. Alexey Bobrov и Artem Bikov, who work in the resource supply sector throughout the Urals.
Thus, in Tyumen They own the Tyumen Environmental Association (TEO). Since 2019, the company has been sorting and recycling household waste in the region, regularly raising its waste collection rates (in 2020, the rate was 136 rubles per person; in 2023, it was 168 rubles).
Previously a deputy Alshevsky He reported that local protest activists were complaining of threatening phone calls. He contacted the regional prosecutor's office and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, demanding protection for his fellow residents.
“There are few options, who benefits from intimidation methods, — the deputy emphasized. — “It seems that the lobbyists have no other arguments.”
