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The video is spreading
A video shared by Salmon Diary on his account began circulating on Fishluk on Thursday. This group brings together people who are indifferent to environmental protection and fishing.
The images show the excavator working right next to the river, in the coastal protection zone.
The representatives of the social initiative also wrote more detailed information about the event along with the published post. “This is how the spawning grounds of salmonids in the Žalesa river are currently DESTROYED. The ichthyologists, who came today to do a research on the salmonids in the Žalesa river, saw this picture of the salmon passage.
It is already possible to affirm that many salmon spawning areas have been destroyed, the river bed has been changed, but will those responsible for these actions be punished? Ministry of the Environment, when will the institutions under your authority finally begin to function? How can you not notice this during your “Salmon 2020” campaign, which focuses on fish passes? “- wrote” Diary of Salmon “, which shared images of a possible rape.
The journalists also spoke with a local resident who finds what is happening on the sidelines highly unacceptable. The man, who did not want to reveal his identity, said he was very sorry that nature could be destroyed in this way: “There will be nothing left of the river and the forest. The river bed will change, so how will those fish live here? Really arrogant. “
The plot belongs to a well-known businessman
Representatives of “Salmon Diary” were contacted Delphi, journalists were assigned a specific place where the work took place. We found it Regia.lt in the map. In this system, it is observed that part of the plot is forest land. It is important to emphasize that in forest lands, the Forest Law prohibits changes of terrain and destruction of forest soil.
An extract from the Real Estate Registry database of the Registration Center indicates that the owner of this plot is a well-known businessman in Lithuania, the director of the UAB Krekenavos agrofirma, Linas Grikšas.
The plot in the village of Skirgiškės, Vilnius district, is quite large: 8,5800 ha. The official statement indicates that the forest area is 3,1500 ha. The forest area registered in the State Forest Cadastre is 3.9630 ha. It turns out that the data on the forest area registered in the State Forest Cadastre were presented this year, on April 20.
An excerpt from the Center of Records also states that this property was purchased at auctions in 2018. It was not until July 17 of this year that the district court ruled. The entry came into force on October 9 of this year.
In addition, the extract shows that the land is subject to special conditions of land use: forest land, meadows and natural pastures, the coastal protection zone of surface water bodies, the protection zone of surface water bodies.
This means that certain restrictions must be observed on the plot. It is forbidden to change the terrain, reshape the slopes, dismantle the pavement both in the forest land and in the coastal protection zone. This is considered a punishable offense. It is all the more forbidden to change the course of the river.
In the Register of Legal Entities of the Center of Registries it is indicated that L. Grikšas is the General Director of the UAB Krekenavos agrofirma since 2016. With a few breaks, he has run the company before.
The company was sold this year.
The owners of this company changed in April of this year. BaltCap, the largest private equity fund manager in the Baltic countries, has completed the acquisition of Krekenava Agrofirma and Mėsa LT, the meat processing companies indirectly controlled by the sons of Viktor Uspaskich, the founder of the Labor Party.
In a report distributed by the BNS news agency, L. Grikšas set out the reasons for the sale. According to him, although food producers have not been more affected by the coronavirus crisis than other companies, disrupted supply chains and changing consumer needs are serious challenges for the sector as a whole.
“The saying ‘in time and place’ is very appropriate for this transaction,” said Grikšas.
According to the SNB, the fund accounted for the majority of the companies’ shares. BaltCap does not rule out that part of the shares will be sold to other executives in the future.
In March, the Competition Council allowed BaltCap Private Equity Fund III to acquire 81 percent of each. shares in both companies.
Krekenava agrofirma’s sales revenue in 2019 amounted to € 121,957 million. EUR, net profit – 4.718 million. euros.
Linas Grikšas
No building permits have been issued
To find out if building permits have been issued for this parcel and, if so, for what Delphi applied to the Vilnius district municipality. After receiving questions, Jolanta Gulbinovič, Head of the Department of Public and International Relations, provided the following answer: “We have no data on the building permit issued on the plot you mentioned.”
Diana Dambrauskienė, representative of the State Land Planning and Construction Inspectorate, also stated that no building permits had been issued.
“We would like to inform you that in the information system of construction permits and state supervision of construction of the Republic of Lithuania“ Infostatyba ”(IS“ Infostatyba ”) data that on the plot, are directed to the district of Vilnius. sav., Riešės sen., Skirgiškių village, a building permit (SLD) has not been issued for the building, ”said D. Dambrauskienė.
Saulius Gatelis, Advisor to the State Forest Service Division of Forest Supervision Delphi provided information about the case and reported what actions the officials had taken.
“We would like to inform you that on October 29, 2020, a specialist from the Forest Supervision Division of the State Forest Service conducted the monitoring on private land. Deforestation has been recorded to have taken place on the above-mentioned land parcel, as possible, Nemenčinė reg. 427 square meters of Verkių str. 18 at a tax site, next to a high voltage power line. The owner of the land, who was in Kaunas at the time, was contacted by phone. It was agreed to call this. meter. on November 3 and agree on the date and time of the inspection of the economic activity of the site of said site. During the inspection, preliminary measurements will be made, explanations will be given and the situation will be clarified, and decisions will be made on a further investigation, ”said the official.
Delphi contacted the Department of Environmental Protection with questions. This authority is responsible for environmental control.
Jurgita Jasiūnienė, representative of the Department of Environmental Protection, stated that environmentalists are aware of this situation. “Officials received the report and responded immediately. I went to the scene. He ordered the work to stop. A preliminary investigation has been conducted,” said a representative of the department.
According to her, a rape was recorded. As a result, an investigation was launched. “There has been a clear violation. Unauthorized damage to the seafront protection strip. A detailed investigation is currently underway, that is, various data are used to clarify to what extent the area has been damaged. coastal protection and other circumstances are being clarified, ”explained J. Jasiūnienė.
A spokeswoman for the Department of Environmental Protection said the owner of the site would have to pay a fine and compensate for the damage caused to the environment.
“Violations are recorded, violators will be subject to administrative liability, but more importantly: the person who committed the violation will not be enough to pay the fine, but it will be necessary to compensate for the damage caused to the environment,” said J. Jasiūnienė.
We also tried to contact the owner of the plot L. Grikšas. We called his mobile number, wrote a message to Fishukuk’s personal account, contacted the company he managed by email, called the company at the publicly indicated phone number, but we were unable to get L. Grikšas’s comment. If you comment after the article is published, the text will be completed.
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