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The Supreme Court confirmed the illegality of granting a special permit for sand extraction in the Vidsichne reservoir - the main source of drinking water for Zhytomyr and surrounding areas. The Office of the Prosecutor General reported this on Wednesday, October 14..
In 2023, the State Service of Geology and Subsoil of Ukraine auctioned off a special permit that provided for sand extraction for 20 years on an area of \u200b\u200b28 hectares within the reservoir on the Teterev River.
Moreover, part of this territory is located in the first and second zones of the sanitary protection zone of the drinking water source, where mining is prohibited.
“The development of the field could lead to shallowing and pollution of the reservoir, deterioration of water quality and interruptions in water supply for more than 250 thousand residents,” the message explained..
In the same year, the prosecutor's office challenged the legality of the special permit. The courts invalidated the results of the auction, the purchase and sale agreement and the subsoil use permit itself.
Already on October 5, the Supreme Court left the defendants’ cassation appeals without satisfaction, confirming the illegality of granting permission.