“Lebanon Debate”
The Land Society revealed serious encroachments taking place in the valley of the Al-Joz River, where quarries are destroying the river’s sanctuary, which is classified as a natural site under the protection of the Ministry of Environment in accordance with Resolution No. 22 issued on 2/24/1998.
In this context, the communications officer at the Earth Society, Karl Saad, confirmed that “The Joz River is a site protected by the Ministry of Environment, starting from its source in Kafr Halda until its mouth near Al-Musayliha Castle on the Mediterranean Sea.”
In an interview with “Lebanon Debate,” Saad explained that “the sanctuary protected by the Ministry of the Environment has an area of five hundred meters from the middle of the valley’s course and towards the two banks in width, where it is prohibited to have various works or constructions, except for what concerns quarries, crushers, factories, and sands, so that the distance becomes one thousand.” And five hundred meters wide instead of five hundred meters wide.”
He added, “There are three sites: a quarry in Pashtodar Awra, in addition to the quarries that are expanding significantly in the town of Da’el, and a quarry in the town of Majdal in the district of Zaqzouq,” indicating that there are two crushers in Da’el, one located within a 500-metre radius, and the second within a 1,500-meter circumference, so that The Zagzoog crusher is located within a radius of 1,500 metres.
He stressed that “all that is happening are violations and encroachments on an area protected by the Ministry of Environment, considering that everything related to a river, valley, or spring are environmentally sensitive areas.”
Saad pointed out, in conclusion, that “the association has not received any contact from the Ministry of Environment, until this moment, knowing that it is primarily responsible for the issue. In Lebanon, each one blames the other.”
2023-09-21 11:35:47
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