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On Wednesday, after hearing from representatives of the Batniava community, Kaunas district mayor Valerijus Makūnas ordered the administration to prepare a draft Council decision not to approve the planned economic activity of the Rizgonys company in the Pakarklė forest (Batniava sen.).
The mayor relied on a petition signed by 1,323 locals to oppose a commercial invasion of a charming corner of nature.
Gravel excavation is planned in the forest area, near which several gardener communities are located. The old man of Batniava, Šarūnas Pikelis, claimed that this place used to belong to the reserve zone, but later it was reduced. However, according to the elder, there are many sensitive contiguities of natural and cultural heritage near the plot destined for economic activities.
The ancient village of Kriemala is located in the Nemunas valley, where President Antanas Smetona spent the summer, the Pakarklė forest and the Paštuva botanical reserve belonging to the Natura 2000 territory are about 0.8 km, the Žvirgždė mansion, the Antalkiai cemetery, the old town of Brūžė Brūžė mansion, Kriemala cemetery. Near the town of Jaučakiai there is a place of massacre of Jews.
“These forests have always been a refuge for the people who lived here, hiding in them from 1863 to 1864. rebels, postwar supporters. The picturesque surroundings are very popular with tourists. With the advent of a career, people from the local villages will be forced to leave their homes, ”Š said. Field of play.
“We must be on the side of people and nature. And first of all, that the businessmen clean the carved territory of the ancient quarries of Quves,” said V. Makūnas, emphasizing that the Law of Depths of the Republic of Lithuania requires ordering areas that obscure the landscape and adapt them to new occupations.
Mantas Rikteris, the director of the municipal administration, also noted that there are many exploited quarries in the Kaunas district, but none of them are properly ordered.
The State Forestry Company would not want to support the reduction of the forest area at the expense of the gravel mine. Valdas Kaubre, director of this service, told LNK television a few days ago.
In January this year, the Kaunas District Municipal Council did not unanimously approve the planned economic activity (PEA) of the company Ekostruktūra – sand and gravel quarry in Virbaliūnai village (Batniava sen.) And presented its reasoned assessment.
The decision emphasizes that the planned economic activity would have a negative impact on the town of Kulautuva, Virbaliūnai village. and communities in other neighborhoods whose quality of life would be adversely and irreversibly affected by noise, air pollution, and landscape change.
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