New controls in the "Land of fires"

(To Army Majority State)
05/02/21

In recent days, the Army soldiers operating in the "Terra dei Fuochi" operation, in competition and jointly with the Police forces, have completed a new action to combat the phenomenon of abandonment and waste management on the territory of the provinces of Naples and Caserta on the programming of the Commissioner for the fight against the phenomenon of fires in the Campania Region.

The municipalities involved inAction Day they were those of Giugliano for the province of Naples and that of Sessa Aurunca for the province of Caserta. 35 crews on the field for a total of 80 joint forces belonging to the 7th Bersaglieri regiment of the group Campania, to the Police Forces of the municipalities interested in the activity, to the Agency of the Nolana Area Consortium and to the ASL Caserta.

You control numerous entrepreneurial and commercial activities, also with the help of the Army Drones through the use of specialized assets of the RAVEN nuclei. Some companies and a quantity of special waste equal to 700 tons were seized. In addition, perpetrators of environmental offenses were identified and reported and administrative sanctions were administered for the offenses of illegal management and disposal of waste and processing scraps for an amount equal to 100.000 euros.

Last month there was a decrease in waste fires: in January 2020 there were 302 (238 in the province of Naples and 64 in that of Caserta); in the first thirty-one days of this year, however, there were only 81 (80 in the province of Naples and only one in Caserta).