Vanoi Dam, Avs calls 3 ministers: Avoid harmful impact

Venice. The government should take action on the Vanoi Dam project. For example, it should state whether requests for a state environmental impact assessment have been submitted for the reservoir's design;

and whether the project - partly financed with funds from the PNRR - respects the "Do No Significant Harm" principle, according to which the interventions Pnrr must not cause any significant harm to the environment.

This is the request addressed to three ministers (of the Environment, Infrastructure, Agriculture), by the Avs deputy, Luana Zanella, with a question filed yesterday in the Chamber (and viewed by 'Dire') in which the project's progress is reconstructed and concerns about its impact are highlighted.

So much so that Zanella, in addressing the Government, asks what the three ministries intend to do "also within the scope of the Environmental Impact Assessment procedure, so that all the necessary checks are carried out on the possible damages regarding the geomorphological stability and the delicate hydrogeological balance connected to the construction of the reservoir".

Finally, Zanella urges the Government to “guarantee the full involvement of local communities, administrations and competent authorities in identifying alternative solutions to meet the water and irrigation needs that the project would like to address”.

The Province of Belluno, for example, complained that, despite the fact that a path of discussion has been opened, the debate does not seem capable of making the Brenta Land Reclamation Consortium change its mind on the implementation of the project, nor can it open an effective discussion on the search for alternative solutions.