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City Hall's Environment Secretariat dismantles eight irregular constructions in Guaratiba
Published on 19/02/2021 - 10:35 | Updated on 19/02/2021 - 16:37
The irregular constructions were on a public plot of land measuring 30 thousand square meters - Reproduction The Municipal Department of the Environment, in yet another action to combat irregularities, demolished this Friday (February 19) the beginning of a clandestine subdivision in a Permanent Preservation Area (APP) in Guaratiba, West Zone of Rio. The site had eight illegal, unoccupied buildings and masonry walls intended to enclose land on the banks of Avenida Dom João VI, near an access to the Grota Funda Tunnel. The developers had been committing several environmental crimes, such as clearing vegetation and diverting water courses.
With approximately 30 thousand square meters, the area of the irregular constructions belongs to the municipality and had been expropriated with the aim of widening the roads. Since July 2019, the person responsible for the illegal subdivision had been failing to comply with several embargoes and notifications from the City Hall. Satellite images show that the Olaria River has been completely straightened. A backhoe and workers from the City Hall were used in the operation, which had the support of 25 military police officers.
The municipal secretary of the Environment, Eduardo Cavaliere, accompanied the action. He highlighted that land grabbing has accompanied the devastation of the city's natural resources.
– Since the beginning of our administration, the message has been quite clear: we will no longer tolerate the anything-goes approach that benefits criminal economic activities. Want to build? Follow environmental and urban planning rules – he stated.
According to the Secretariat's Environmental Defense Coordinator, Colonel José Maurício Padrone, environmental defense operations will continue.
– Society demands a response, and we are working to regain environmental authority.
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