Fly infestation in Nizhny Novgorod villages: Residents blame the poultry farm, which denies responsibility
Flies have taken over homes in several villages. Volodarsky district of the Nizhny Novgorod regionResidents consider it to be the culprit. Seimovskaya poultry farm, which dumps chicken manure onto fields. A representative of the poultry farm advised residents to pay attention to their waste and septic tanks.
Flies in houses, sheds, toilets and cars, in pots and on sticky tape – this is everyday life in several settlements.
"This is *shit! — comments the villager, showing the kitchen filled with flies. — "We can't cook anything. We're already eating outside." "They sit at the table with us, and they end up in our mouths. They're driving us out."- complains a neighbor told journalists.
According to residents, the insect "attack" began suddenly, early in the week. Prior to this, the Seimovskaya poultry farm had spread poultry manure onto fields 200 meters from residential buildings and plowed the soil. Typically, chemicals to kill fly larvae are added to the manure. This time, residents suspected, the farm had skimped on the chemicals.
“That this [fields with droppings] is a source of flies, this needs to be proven and scientific work needs to be carried out.”- commented a poultry farm specialist explained the situation Irina Mayorova.
She pointed out the lack of garbage containers and central sewerage in the villages—in her opinion, this could be the reason for the flies.
As a result of the discussion, the flies remained. The poultry farm nevertheless re-plowed the fields to bury the droppings deeper. The insect infestation continued here. last year.
A similar problem were worried residents of the Kunashak and Argayash districts Chelyabinsk Region, Proletarsky district Tula region, in the village of Nelzha near VoronezhAll of them are located near agricultural enterprises, which, according to sanitary regulations and standards, must be kept 500 to 1000 meters away from residential buildings. These standards are often not observed.
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