Construction waste dump was set up on a protected lake in Kyiv

Construction waste dump was set up on a protected lake in Kyiv
Katerina Belousova

In 2023, the large area of ​​Lake Tyagle was covered with construction debris and a road was laid across it

A construction waste dump has been set up on the coast of Kyiv in the Tyahle Lake landscape reserve.

Law enforcement officers opened criminal proceedings over the incident following an appeal from environmentalists, the Kyiv Ecological and Cultural Center (KECC) public organization reports on Facebook.

It is noted that environmentalists discovered the violation at the end of 2023 and appealed to the prosecutor's office.

"At the end of 2023, the developers began to cover the shore of the Tyagle Lake landscape reserve with construction debris for the construction of the road," the report says.

Netizens in the discussion of the post reacted positively to the actions of the prosecutor's office.

"What good news, thank you! Kyiv City Prosecutor's Office, we are waiting for decisive action from you," wrote user Nataliya Chernyshova.

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In 2023, a large area Tyagle Lake was covered with construction debris and a road was started to be laid across it. In addition, the developers, through a pseudo-ecological organization, appealed to the authorities of Kyiv with a proposal to close the "Tyagle Lake" and "Osokorkivski Luky" nature reserves

As EcoPolitic reported earlier, in the forest near the town of Kotsyubynskyi, which belongs to Kyiv, Bilichansky forest, which is part of the national nature park "Holosiivskyi", is being massively cut down.

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