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In mid -October 2024, residents noticed that the animals no longer drank water from the wells, and the smell of a diesel engine spread in the air.
The Hungarian oil company MOL ultimately discovered that the pipeline between Budapest and Pets was damaged.
Later it turned out that he already knew about the problem of more than a month, but lowered his seriousness and did not stop the pipeline.
From this delay, a total of 487 cubic meters of oil leaked into the environment.
“The biggest question is why, having discovered a gap, they still transported 200,000 liters of fuel through the pipeline, already knowing that it was hacked,” said Timbor Horani, president of the Alba Citizenship Fund, notes at Euronews
Like, he argued that only garden plots and very few residents were contained in the territory, so she refused to continue the expensive soil replacement. Instead, he decided to limit pollution by a radius of 50 meters underground concrete barrier.
The completion of the work has already been postponed for three months.
The wall provides protection to only 50 meters, while Victor’s family farm is 54 meters from the pollution point.
This means that he does not receive any compensation, although he received huge damage. Even water is obliged to carry trucks, which is difficult and extremely expensive.
The family was forced to sell their car to keep the farm in operation. 0
The Stero family, according to the law, opposed the oil company requiring the cost of the infection, which it caused in this area and its farm.
“The insulation wall is, in fact, a barrier that prevents the spread of infection over 50 meters. The first deadline was at the end of May. They had to complete the work by that time, but, according to local residents, the training was not moved within 3-4 weeks, ”said Timer Horani, who warns that pollution could reach a violence lake.