The court condemned the state of Bahia, in addition to the municipality of Itabuna, a city in the south of Baiano, and the Bahia Rural, Water and Sanitation Engineering Company (CERB) for environmental damage caused to the Cachoeira River. The decision was issued by the 2nd Public Finance Court of Itabuna this last Monday (12).
The sentence takes place after a public action filed by the Preserving Ilhéus Movement, a group that operates in favor of environmental conservation in the region, and denounced the mayor of the city of Itabuna for the irregular disposal of aquatic plants, called Barones, which accumulate in the pillars of the bridges, throwing them into the bottom of the river.
“They maintain that, after the heavy rains, the barones are accumulated in the pillars of the bridges of the municipality of Itabuna, which, instead of adopting adequate management measures, only the” pushes “downstream, to the municipality of Ilhéus, causing serious environmental damage to the coastal zone of the marine ecosystem, as well as economic damage to tourist and fishing activities,” says an excerpt from the fishing. denunciation.
During the process, photos, videos and records made by residents were analyzed, which show the disposal made by the municipal executive.
In the document to which the CNN It had access, the court prohibited the municipality to continue with the practice, besides giving a period of 90 days to present a municipal management plan of the baroness, besides performing an emergency management of the already accumulated plants, removing them and making a disposal correctly.
Already the Rural, Water and Sanitation Engineering Company of Bahia (CERB) should also elaborate an action plan to revitalize the Cachoeira River Basin, as well as “continuous monitoring, preventive control actions and periodic removal procedures of barones”.
The State of Bahia must, within 180 days, implement the actions provided for in the Basin Strategic Recovery Plan, as well as overseeing the launch of waste in the rivers, and technically and financially supporting the municipalities responsible for the basin.
The three, jointly, should also elaborate an “integrated management plan” of plants, containing actions for disposal prevention, management and control of disposal.
In addition, it was also determined that both pay R $ 300 thousand in compensation due to “collective moral damages”, which will be applied to actions for environmental recovery of the space
In case of non -compliance with the judgment, the court shall apply a fine of up to R $ 10,000 to each defendant.
Sought, the municipality of Itabuna reported that it has not yet been summoned about the judgment rendered by the court, and stated that it will appeal the decision, because “it does not produce even 1% of the barons that accumulate in the Cachoeira riverbed, and when the bridges of the bridges, its organic nature is maintained, since it is not removed from the bed, being an environmental issue (…).
THE CNN He sought the State Government of Bahia and the Rural, Water and Sanitation Engineering Company of Bahia (CERB) but did not return until the publication of this report.
This content was originally published in justice condemns state of Bahia for pollution in Rio on the website CNN Brazil.
Source: CNN Brasil
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