Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 07-04-17
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[01] LYMBIA RESIDENTS - DEMONSTRATIONS
[01] LYMBIA RESIDENTS - DEMONSTRATIONS
Residents of Lymbia village, who are protesting the governments
decision to construct a waste disposal plant in their area, have been
called upon to stop their demonstrations which they began last night
with motorway blockades.
The Lymbia community maintains that the plant should not be constructed
in the proposed area, saying this would be an environmental hazard for
the nearby area. The plant will cater for the Larnaca Famagusta area.
However the government is adamant that the construction should
proceed.
A delegation by the Lymbia community held a series of meetings today
with Cypriot political parties, who called upon the Lymbia residents to
lift their demonstrations.
Lymbia community leader Sofoklis Savas said that a meeting between
Minister of the Interior Neoclis Silikiotis and a Lymbia delegation
will take place tomorrow morning to discuss the issue.
He also called upon the Lymbia residents to return to their homes so
that the motorway opens again for traffic.
The Lymbia residents blocked today the Nicosia Larnaca motorway in
both directions, threw rocks onto the motorway and set fire to tyres
and cars which they dropped onto the highway from a bridge.
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