Fiks Fare / “Put on headphones”, the stone workshop continues to work between the neighborhood even after the decision of the municipality and the court

But, they only have the papers on hand, as the quarry continues to work in the field. On February 16, 2021, the investigative show “Fiks Fare” denounced the existence of this quarry, which was in the middle of a residential area and near the road Dimal-Kuçovë. At the time, residents said the factory has large sawmills that make noise and dust, as the place where they are cut is not isolated.

“There are several families in this neighborhood and there is a stone workshop near our apartments. Makes a lot of noise. Expects large stones. Makes dust and institutions do not take action. It has become impossible to live from the noise that lasts up to 12 hours. We have complained everywhere, to the Municipality of Kuçova that it tells us that it has become a small business.

“IKMT suspended it for several months while the KTA responds that they are undergoing restructuring and can not take measures” said the residents, while they said that from the noise and dust “it is worse than Covidi”. At that time, Fiks Fare’s camera also filmed the workshop, which made a lot of noise as a result of several saws. The owner of the point said that they did not have environmental permits, while when asked why there is a lot of noise, they said that “residents should put on headphones”. The local government had made some inspections, but by February 2021 no action had been taken.

Meanwhile, 15 months later, the residents ask for the help of “Fiks Fare” again due to the same problem. The journalists traveled again to the “Postbllok” neighborhood, where they found the same problems; noise and dust. “We thank Fiks for the first denunciation. Following the chronicle of February 16, 2021, the institutions were set in motion. The Municipality of Kuçova closed the activity. But, the firm opposed this decision in the Administrative Court of First Instance in Vlora. Without issuing a final decision, Judge Ken Dhima, who was subsequently fired by Vetting, made a preliminary ruling, challenging the Municipality’s decision and allowing work in this workshop. They started work and we live with noise. In the interim decision, Judge Ken Dhima wrote that the security measure, for the firm to continue working, to be until a final decision “say the residents.

According to them, the trial continued in the Administrative Court of Vlora, which decided to drop the firm, ie to leave in force the decision of the Municipality of Kuçova to close the workshop. “The second judge stayed for 3 months to clarify the decision. And these continued the work. The decision was clarified a few days ago and what to read. They had given us the right, but there was no execution order. So we just get the papers and the firm does the work. “Everyone gives us the right, but we live among the noise and dust,” say the residents. According to them, the representatives of the Municipality of Kuçova did not ask in the trial court to suspend the activity “, the residents claim. Another says that “it is like releasing the killer until the verdict is announced”. “When will it be our turn in the Appeal ?! There are 20,000 cases. We do not want letters, we want facts to be closed. I call on the Minister of Environment and Prime Minister Edi Rama to take measures. Would they live with a quarry nearby? ” ends a resident.

Fiks Fare journalists call the lawyer of the Municipality of Kuçova to ask him about the procedures held. On the phone, the lawyer says that there are two decisions, the mediator who has written that “the work will continue until the final decision and the foundation that has given the right to the residents, the municipality”. Journalists ask him if the mediator’s decision has been appealed by the municipality or not. He says no, as he “came to the deadlines”.

But, the lawyer of the Municipality of Kuçova calls the group of “Fiks Fare” again, after “he had found the appeal made by the Municipality of Kuçova”. “After you called me, I had doubts and opened the file. I saw that the Municipality of Kuçova has appealed the interim decision and for 1 year it has not been reviewed in the Administrative Court ”. Meanwhile, journalists ask him why he did not ask the court for another measure of suspension for the workshop, while he said that “the interim decision did not allow it”.

So, the institutions only have the letters, even some of these letters are forgotten in the drawers. During this year, the Municipality of Kuçova had not made any request to the Administrative Appeal to speed up the security measure. And, this negligence has led the residents of the neighborhood “Postbllok” to continue living among the dust and noise.

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