“The green zone is being destroyed in Badamdar” |

“Trees are valuable, so a fine is not enough, crime case should be opened”

“Work has been going on in the area with many trees in Badamdar settlement for several days. In about 1 hectare of green zone, long-stemmed trees are removed from the bottom.

Kanan Khalilzadeh, a member of “Ecofront” organization, told Meydan TV. According to him, the trees obstruct the construction process, and the entrepreneur removes the trees one by one to avoid noise. As a result, the green zone is destroyed.

“A permit for the removal of trees was not obtained. According to our information, although the State Environmental Expertise Agency was contacted, it did not give a positive opinion to the entrepreneur regarding the removal of trees. Moreover, a few days ago, the entrepreneur was fined for cutting a large diameter tree in the area. Despite this, the entrepreneur was again in the area yesterdayhungry is reported to have cut. Trees are valuable, so a fine is not enough, crime the case should be opened”, K. Khalilzade said.

He pointed to the “Removal of Greenery Leaflet” and said that this document was not made public by ETSN in order to increase public control over such issues. No construction company places this document on the site. In the legislation, on the contrary, there is an article stating that this document must be placed in the area where everyone can read it:

“In Baku, a city belonging to the semi-desert dry steppe climate type, it is not known how long the green spaces created by humans will turn into a construction site.”

In the information released by the State Environmental Security Service of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources, it is stated that the information received by the State Environmental Security Service regarding the uprooting of trees by means of machinery at Tofig Mammadov Street 12 b, Sabail region, Badamdar settlement complaint investigated.

The official of the service, Bahruz Mahammadov, said that during the investigation, it was determined that the trees on the privately owned land at the mentioned address were illegally moved to another area within the boundaries of the area without a proper opinion. A protocol was drawn up on Zaur Dadashov, the citizen responsible for the area, and he was fined 5000 manat as an official.