Two people are accused of polluting the Yugovska River

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Two people are accused of polluting the Yugovska River

They were detained for 72 hours

 

 

 

 

The prosecutor's office in Asenovgrad has blamed two people for cyanide poisoning on the Yugovska River.

The indictment was served on the company manager and the tailing officer for "allowing, on February 22, complicity and perpetrators to contaminate the waters of the Yugovskaya River by leaking cyanide, thereby making them dangerous to humans, animals and plants, as well as unfit for use in cultural, domestic, health, agricultural and other economic purposes. "

Excessive cyanide concentrations in the Yugovska and Chepelarska rivers

The two defendants have been detained by orders of the supervising prosecutor for 72 hours;

One of the defendants, the manager of the company, is 84 years old and in poor health, but the prosecutor on duty, Venelin Savov, said that he had not provided documents for illnesses and that he had all the conditions and organization in case of necessity. Both defendants did not provide explanations and exercised their right to remain silent during interrogations.

The law provides for a crime of imprisonment of one to five years and a fine of BGN 5,000 to BGN 30,000. The investigation into the case is ongoing.

It is known that they were informed on the evening of February 21 that the contaminated waters were flowing into the river, but did not do anything until the morning when the process interrupted independently of them due to a sudden inspection by the RIEW.

Meanwhile, water control in the Yugovska, Chepelarska and Maritza rivers continues.

This morning, excess cyanide values were only detected at the mouth of the Yugovska River. At the rate of 5 micrograms, they are 7 micrograms. In other places where water is monitored - the Chepelarska River at Narechenski Bani, before the discharge of the Yugovska River, at the fishpond after the discharge, in the village of Bachkovo, in Asenovgrad and at the Kemerovo Bridge at the discharge in Maritsa, the dam from the Maritsa River near the village of Manole and there are no increased values at the bridge in the village of Mirovo. Results are expected from the samples taken from the upper reaches of the Yugovska River and the unregulated discharge of wastewater from the tailings pond of Lucky Invest AD.

An extraordinary inspection of RIEW Smolyan found that the illegal pipe from the tailing pond of Lucky Invest AD, as well as the two drainage pipes through which the deliberate discharge of production water in the Yugovska River was allowed, were already blocked.