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The gravel was illegally stored in a landfill. Has the canton failed? The reactions of politics are fierce.
This story leaves no one indifferent in the region: Blausee AG considers illegally deposited gravel to be the cause of the death of several fish in Blausee.
The proceedings are currently ongoing because Blausee AG has filed a criminal complaint. The SRF Rundschau and Tamedia newspapers made the case public.
Collective failure?
Have mistakes been made? What could have been different? For the national GLP advisor, Jürg Grossen from Frutigen, it is clear: “The employers did not treat the highly contaminated material as they should have done.” The canton of Bern also looked too long. The supervision of the Federal Office of Transport did not work either. For him it is a collective failure.
“Every young child knows that gravel is poisonous,” Grossen says. Many errors occurred, no one looked correctly.
Every young child knows that gravel material is poisonous.
The Bern Water and Waste Office (AWA) has confirmed that the ballast material should not have fallen into the well. He’s still there. It is tolerated by the canton of Bern until the end of September. That is not acceptable: “The canton must act now,” says GLP politician Jürg Grossen. The case must be fully resolved.
Beware of prejudices
SVP Councilor Barbara Josi also thinks that mistakes have occurred. But: “Blaming is out of place.” The main thing now is to find out where and why the errors occurred without judging the authorities or companies beforehand.
It’s a shame everyone blames themselves.
The canton of Bern shows greatness when it admits such mistakes. “Mistakes happen wherever people work,” says Josi. Her party colleague, Kurt Zimmermann, who is also on the Grand Council, has taken up the case: “I think it’s a shame that everyone blames each other.” She wondered if the planning of the main order in Lötschberg had been done seriously.
What really happened
“Confidence has been scratched,” said SVP Grand Councilor Ernst Wandfluh. “Was it intentionally covered up?” The case leaves you with many unanswered questions. These need to be answered now.
The Canton of Bern has the appropriate means to do this: a business audit commission of the Grand Council or a parliamentary commission of inquiry (PUK). This is exactly what the Green Party of the Canton of Bern calls for in a press release.
These are serious accusations.
Natalie Imboden of the Greens: “There are serious accusations in the room,” Imboden said. These include: controls not performed, supervisory duties violated, lack of resources. “You have to look now.”
