«Please to come here for check with your own eyes and with your cameras the unfortunate state of abandonment from the Aleppo pine oriented nature reserve». Thus began a report that reached our editorial staff. Writing is Respect Sicilyreality that for counteract the phenomenon ofillegal abandonment of waste has also created a collaborative map for reports. The site is that of Colobria districtthe Municipality that of Victoryin the province of Ragusa. To realize the complaint video and the reporting to the municipality and mayor of the city was Clean Landsa citizen committee for environmental protection.
In an area of 500 square meters They were abandoned about 70 cubic meters of waste, between undifferentiated, plastic, bulky and non-biodegradable. «This waste – he says Respect Sicily – then they end up in the river Hippari, contaminating water and subsoil». In fact, near the area – which is located within a natural reserve – the Ippari flows, the watercourse That was born on the mountain Greenhouse of Burgio And flows into the sea Between Scoglitti And Punta Braccetto, after having skirted many municipalities in the Ragusa area. According to what has been ascertained by Terre Pulite, near the waste They are also water wells: The dangerobviously, is that of contamination.
«We should ask the provinceWhy the management is his», he replies to MeridioNews Francesco Aiellomayor of Victory. “For years the institution has abandoned the nature reserve – continues the mayor – and there are no signals that this thing is about to end.” Aiello tells our newspaper that he is «presenting to the Region an instance For remove management to the province. The idea is to do a consortium of three municipalities – Comiso, Ragusa and Vittoria – so we can manage the cleanup. But the problem does not only concern the site we are talking about.” The mayor of the Ragusano municipality says that «in the stretch between Vittoria and Santa Croce Camerina provincial road 18 is abandoned and full of rubbish».
The neglect would also concern «trees of the reserve, old and dry, which loom over the road lane. The road that goes towards Buffa district And full of rubbish: there are several landfills in Vittoria, Comiso and Ragusa. There is a big open question: the reserve is totally abandoned». For Aiello «there is a cost problem: if each municipality had to clean up on its own, three budgets would be needed. The province is at a standstillhasn’t existed for years – he continues – but we pay the salaries. Who should check? What do you do to keep the reserve clean and to protect the forest heritage? Furthermore, What is happening to waste collection? Give it jurisdiction to the municipalities – concludes the mayor of Vittoria – like this we can take care of it».
