Local attempts to block the proposed installation of high-tension overground cables and heavy-duty wind generators in the Regional Unit of Chania, in view of the damaging effects it is feared they will have on the countryside, are gathering force. As reported in Haniotika Nea, meeting on Saturday 29th June at the stone theatre in Macheri, Apokoronas, the Municipality’s cultural associations decided to create a “fighting committee” to organise demonstrations and awareness-raising activities, informing citizens of the severe consequences of these developments to the environment and to public health.
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Continuing resistance to pharaonic projects
While the issues of the overhead power cables in Apokoronas and the wind farms in various parts of the Nomos of Chania may have temporarily faded from the headlines, representatives of the local populations who will be affected by what they have dubbed “pharaonic projects” have nevertheless remained active in drumming up support for their opposition.
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The reactions to the proposal to erect overhead high-tension cables between Chania and Damasta rumble on – with members of the Region’s Environmental Committee vigorously denying that they have been pressured to approve the plan. In a statement to Haniotika Nea, councillors Giannis Manousakas, Emmanouil Fragakis and Chrysa Makraki Haritaki said:
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