CASTELLANZA – How to have a helicopter overhead. All day. And sometimes even at night. To understand the discomfort that for a year and a half the citizens of Castellanza who live in via Pomini and in the surrounding streets are living there you have to go. Or listen to the voice of the children who live there and who they now call it “earthquake” the Ime Power power plant.
The testimony of the little ones
«Every day – says a little Castellanzese – I have to turn up the volume on the television. Sometimes even up to 25 because I can’t hear what they’re saying.” A miserable life, in short.
But to believe that what the residents say is not an exaggeration just walk along Via Pomini. And, if the plant is operating, even if you can’t see the tower, you can hear it. Feel the asphalt vibrate. Then your legs vibrate. And that background noise, really similar to that of a helicopter stopped above the houses, enters your stomach, your head. And it doesn’t leave you until you leave.
The Democratic Party breaks the silence
“We can’t wait any longer, we need a solution.” He says so Gianni Bettonia municipal councilor of the Democratic Party who has broken the ice and is taking sides on the side of the citizens who have been fighting for months to regain the quality of life that was taken away by the “monster”.
«We can no longer stop at the “we have done everything possible” – continues Bettoni – if the problem persists it means that the solutions adopted are not sufficientWe are convinced that Ime Power has done a series of interventions of mitigation and we are aware that all the relevant bodies have made efforts to address the issue. Now, however, we must also say that all this is not enough and that the people of this area has every reason in the world to ask for a definitive solution».
The voice of the residents
They can’t take it anymore. There are those who say that weekends spent in bed and breakfasts “to be able to rest a little far from this hell” and those who speak of children who “to be able to study concentrated are forced to go to friends or relatives”. There is no shortage of testimonies of glass, double and triple glazingthat vibrate, of shutters that “dance” the samba and of floors that shake. Each testimony tells of an impossible life «within the walls of our home. We are worried because this will be the second summer of hell during which we won’t even be able to open the windows. This is not life.”
And so the city’s Democratic Party, which is the majority shareholder of the administration, has decided to break the silence. «All the entities – says Bettoni – in the past months they worked on a solution. I add that the company has also made a series of interventions. Now if the results obtained are not sufficient it is necessary take a step further. Faced with people’s discomfort, we can no longer respond with “we have done everything we could. Also because the findings of Arpa confirm that There are some critical issues that need to be resolved.”
Castellanza, the brutal Sunday of those who live near the Ime Power plant
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