The river bank was built up with cottages in Bukovel. Photo.

The river bank was built up with cottages in Bukovel. Photo. twitter.com/islanderua
Katerina Belousova

The activist suggested that such construction is illegal

In the Carpathians, near the Bukovel resort, six "boxes" of houses have been built in the village of Tatariv on the banks of the Prut River.

For this construction, trees were cut down on the coast and the bank was dug up with an excavator, according to X (Twitter) user Oleksii islanderua.

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"I can't just calmly go to the mountains. Every time I see illegal construction and deforestation. I photograph all this and write to everyone who can do something," he wrote Oleksii

He added that there used to be a thick forest on the shore, which has now been destroyed for construction. There is a possibility that new houses may be "washed away" during floods.

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As you know, Tatariv is located in the Ivano-Frankivsk region and is within the boundaries of the Carpathian National Nature Park. The village is located in the valley of the Prut River at an altitude of 750 m. Its length is 25 km along the Prut River. Tatariv is a popular vacation spot.

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Earlier, EcoPolitic wote, that in Ivano-Frankivsk region Polyanytsk village council has announced the start of a strategic environmental assessment (SEA) of the project mountain ski resort "Bystrytsia" with an area of ​​1,200 hectares.

As EcoPolitic previously reported, in the Carpathians Bukovel LLC plans to build 2 more megaresorts, in addition to the Svydovets resort, namely "Bystrytsia" and "Turbat" with a size of 1,400 hectares.

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