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Water quality in Berlin has improved significantly in recent years, according to the measurements presented by the organization FrussbadberlinThe results, according to activists, show the field that the image has nothing to do with the time, which was imposed a universal ban on swimming on the SPRA River.
To emphasize their request, two founders of the organization organized a “sailing protest” for the second time this year. The event was attended by hundreds of citizens, including Catherine AndrosinMember of the Supervisory Board FrussbadberlinThe field as he said to Euronews: “We are here today, because we complain about a general ban on swimming in the center of Berlin. We believe that this ban should be lifted. He was outdated, he was overly postponed and, probably, not even legal to be forbidden to swim here. ”
OR JoannaA resident of Berlin watched the problem for decades. Speaking with Euronews emphasized: “Other countries and cities have already succeeded. In Basel, in Paris. Therefore, I would say: Berlin, let’s go. It’s time to get it. “
Before action, the organization completed new means of water quality control. For Andorosin, climate change makes it even more urgent to make the need to operate the city rivers: “Firstly, this is the basic right of a person in order to be able to swim. This may sound strange, but everyone should be allowed. Secondly, we live in a change in climate, and we need water bodies like this to cool. This is an immediate measure of climatic policy, it is easy to implement. ”
There were between the swimmers Joanna And Dianawhich were joy in the waters of the river: “Freedom, yes. I wish Berlin freedom when we are talking about swimming “They commented on laughter.
According to the organizers and the police, more than a thousand people took part in the demonstration, and more than seven hundred plunged into distribution.
There are already plans to convert part of the channel network into an organized pool, with an inauguration planned for 2026. The project, according to forecasts, will be held in that part of the river where the vessels will not be put forward for transport or tourist purposes. However, according to activists and local politicians, the plan was stuck in the bureaucracy.
The municipal body emphasizes safety problems and environmental dangers. Among them: intensive circulation of the vessel, waste ending in the river, and pollution caused by a large amount of precipitation from the old sewage overflow network. As state institutions indicate, all this should be decided in the first place.
Despite the objections, Frussbadberlin He insists that the advantages will be numerous for residents and visitors. Not only because they will have a new sailing zone in the city center, but also because – as activists say – more respect for water as a social good, common to everyone.
Modern • DONOGH MCCABE